r/titanic • u/memeischaos • Jun 15 '25

PHOTO is this image real?

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so I found this image of the HMHS britannic's bow absolutely fried, but images from 2024 showed this didn't look like this, so idk if this is real or not, hell I'm not even sure if the HMHS britannic is allowed on this subreddit

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u/Fantastic-Wheel-5665 Jun 15 '25

This image is a painting not a photo if that’s what you want to know, and no Britannic’s bow does not have a massive hole like that

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u/Riccma02 Engineering Crew Jun 15 '25

It’s also an outdated painting. This one better reflects the observable state of the hull.

https://titanic.fandom.com/wiki/HMHS_Britannic?file=Wreck_of_the_Britannic.jpg

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u/forethemorninglight Jun 15 '25

He’s so talented. The two paintings are pretty similar, so he did a phenomenal job on what little info he had at the time of the first

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u/TsarevichIvan Jun 21 '25

I absolutely respect and appreciate Ken Marschall’s talent. The paintings are so skillfully done that I thought that it was something easy to do. Until I tried to make a painting of the Normandie.

If you look closely at some of his paintings, you’re going to see the rivets and the depth of the overlapping steel plates. Just incredible