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Published: 2013-03-13 14:18:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 2335; Favourites: 12; Downloads: 8
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If White Star were to have had a new ship built to replace the Britannic following WWI rather than purchase the Homeric (Coumbus) this is how I think this new ship may have looked. Essentially a modernized Olympic class similar to other Harland & Wolff ships of the 1920's with a cruiser rather than counter stern and three rather than four funnels.Related content
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White Star liners were British registered, so the government could requisition them for service whenever and however they liked.
After their loss in WW1, the Germans had to surrender most of their merchant fleet and certain ships were allocated to certain nations.
Cunard bought Imperator/Berengaria for £500,000 and White Star purchased Bismarck/Majestic on the stocks for £1,000,000. I am not sure how much Homeric cost.
The cheapest route for WS would have been to re-engine Homeric during construction with geared turbines.
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i am not so sure that they purchased Columbus-then-turned-Homeric. Columbus was a war prize. WSL received Columbus and Bismarck to replace the loss of Titanic and Britannic.
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She was a war prize conceded to Britain and was sold by the government to white star
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they did not consolidate the companies after the mass requisition during the war? i know cunard is under the government's subsidy that's why there ships where requisitioned that time as part of the agreement but white star was already included with IMM that time, so its already a private entity.
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I don't understand what that has to do with anything. All I know is White Star purchased the Columbus and Bismarck from the British government who had been awarded the ships as war reservations.
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Reparations, not reservations, sorry about the typo
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Looks like the hull of Queen Mary, funnels of Olympic, promenades of Titanic and the forecastle of Teutonic. And I like it ;D
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