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[–]uri_76 25 points26 points ago

That's actually not the titanic. It's the St. Lucia. This picture was taken in 1914 Somewhere along the shores of Boston. This picture has been circulating for quite some time now, being passed off as the Titanic. None of this is true.

[–]sirket 30 points31 points ago

May I ask why you think this is a picture of the St. Lucia in Boston?

First off- that does not appear to be a dry dock in Boston. It's a picture of the Thompson Graving Dock at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast:

http://www.titanic-titanic.com/article_rob_smith_thompson_dock.shtml

Secondly- Every reference I can find for this photo says it is a picture of the Olympic's propellers:

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&q=olympic+propellers&oq=olympic+propellers

Also- there is still some debate about whether the middle propeller on the Titanic was a three blade or a four blade propeller. It may or may not have been changed from the designs at some point based on the information learned from the Olympic.

Edit: More information on the theory:

http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/mystery-titanic-central-propeller.html

Edit 2: Another researcher apparently believes the middle propeller on the Titanic was three bladed:

http://www.titanicology.com/Titanica/SpeedAndRevolutions.htm

TL;DR: This is almost certainly a picture of the Olympic in the Thompson graving dock at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast where she was built.

[–]xor2g 4 points5 points ago

This is why I love reddit.

There's always that guy.

Kudos ;)

[–]Hubso 4 points5 points ago

Now I don't know what to believe...

*downvotes everything, closes browser*

[–]A_DERPING_ULTRALISK -1 points0 points ago

In the movie the centre propellor has 4 blades.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ome9tsGg_J4

[–]ReginaldIII 1 point2 points ago

Because Hollywood has never been wrong...

[–]ARCHA1C 0 points1 point ago

You get half credit for saying its not the Titanic

[–]CoyoteStark 0 points1 point ago

r/conspiracy

[–]Kuklinski 1 point2 points ago

As someone from Northern Ireland, fuck the Titanic. Heard enough about it this year already!

[–]txphotog -2 points-1 points ago

As someone who's breathing, fuck the Titanic. Heard enough about it for the past 36 years.

[–]TooTallTim 1 point2 points ago

I was lucky enough to go down into this dock for a filming job last year, it's absolutely enormous and terrifying when you realise the wall holding out the Atlantic is leaking pretty bad. Here's a really bad panorama I took standing in it

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/301545_10150868026200596_420136601_n.jpg

[–]StudioScript 1 point2 points ago

Don't care what boat it is. Where are the recolor artists when you need them?

[–]Disgrntld 0 points1 point ago

Is one of the propellers on backwards?

[–]nlderek 0 points1 point ago

Why do you think they are all standing there looking at it?

[–]ARCHA1C -3 points-2 points ago

Are you implying that you know more about the way these things work than the men who built it know?

[–]Disgrntld 2 points3 points ago

It's a question. Had I thought I knew better than the designers I might have said, "the propeller is on backwards."

[–]CrusaderRabbit 1 point2 points ago

Are you implying that they screwed up?

[–]rachelv01 0 points1 point ago

It's an impelling argument....

[–]CocoSavege 0 points1 point ago

I'd have a few stern words for them if that was true.

[–]xDUDERx 0 points1 point ago

Yea this really should be recolored, regardless of what boat it is

[–]yubski 0 points1 point ago

Quick! Some one color it!

[–]mcchick 0 points1 point ago

Awesome photo editors of reddit, someone colorized this great pic!

[–]CocoSavege 0 points1 point ago

Any Marine Engies or architects care to comment about the prop layout? Three seems like such an odd choice - isn't the flow unbalaced?

[–]botlegger 0 points1 point ago

[–]Awesome_Turtle -1 points0 points ago

View

FTFY

[–]botlegger 0 points1 point ago

Thanks bad translation "typo" (being french speaking, I missed it: vue=view)

[–]thatlookslikeadick -3 points-2 points ago

The top part of the rudder looks like a dick.

[–]TheBootFace -4 points-3 points ago

The fools! If only they'd built 9001 hulls!

[–]FromFrankie -5 points-4 points ago

Yup, looks stable.