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NOVA Online presents Titanic's Lost Sister, including an interview with explorer Robert Ballard, an essay on the possibility of an unsinkable ship, a Hot Science exercise 'Camera Overboard', and additional links. ... Welcome to the companion Web site to "Titanic's Lost Sister," originally broadcast on January 28, 1997.
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/titanic/
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/titanic/
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The sinking of Britannic was especially tragic—not only because it followed so closely the sinking of its sister ship, Titanic, in 1912, but because extensive safety improvements had been made to the ship to avoid just such a repeat disaster.
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/titanic/unsinkable.html
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/titanic/unsinkable.html
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After limping back to Belfast she was repaired using components from her sister (Titanic) then under construction. ... Attempts were made to beach the ship on the nearby island of Kea, but it was not to be. Two lifeboats, launched without authority from the port side were sucked into the propellers and smashed to pieces...
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www.starway.org/Titanic/Sister_Ships.html
www.starway.org/Titanic/Sister_Ships.html
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A guide to information about the sister ships of the RMS Titanic, specifically the HMHS Britannic and RMS Olympic. ... This site features detailed information about the ship originally to be named the Gigantic.Following the Titanic's sinking she was redesigned and renamed, but her fate was no better than her younger sister.
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philadelphia.about.com/od/titanicssisterships/Titanics_...
philadelphia.about.com/od/titanicssisterships/Titanics_Sister_Ships.htm
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Was the Titanic's sister ship originally named the 'Gigantic'? ... Claim: The sister ship to the Olympic and Titanic was originally intended to be named the Gigantic. Status: True.;
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www.snopes.com/history/titanic/gigantic.asp
www.snopes.com/history/titanic/gigantic.asp
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Titanic project 'ready for 2012' ; ... The Titanic’s little sister has been left to all but rot away for three years as she awaits decisions on how she will be restored, ... “From the very first meeting I went to in November 2006, one of the first things I said was that because of the amount of rainwater pouring into the ship,
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www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/1252442930.html
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/news/1252442930.html
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Sister ship to Titanic, White Star Liner RMS Olympic 1911-1935 ... She was a favorite among the passengers in her own right as well as for the fact that she was about identical in appearance to lost sister Titanic. Interestingly, Olympic was the first White Star liner to sell out passage booking after Titanic sank,
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www.titanic-whitestarships.com/Olympic_1911.htm
www.titanic-whitestarships.com/Olympic_1911.htm
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There the Britannic, which was launched in February 1914 at Belfast, and, the following year, put to use as a wartime hospital ship for the first time, ... It was 8.35am on November 21 1916. The four-funnel ocean liner, built to be even larger and safer than the "unsinkable" Titanic, her ill-fated sister, was listing fast.
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www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/29/titanic-britannic-...
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/29/titanic-britannic-marine-museum-sea
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The British diver who died making a film about the sister ship of the Titanic was a "legend" with unrivalled skills, friends and colleagues said today. ... His latest mission was working with the Britannic Foundation, which wants to preserve the ship...
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www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/may/25/deep-sea-diver-car...
www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/may/25/deep-sea-diver-carl-spencer-dies
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