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Out of the Titanic tragedy, better safety regulations were instituted for passenger ships. Ironically a fiction novel had been written in 1898, “Futility”, that paralleled the Titanic disaster. The book in the ship was called the Titan, and was sunk after hitting an iceberg. That’s the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania in the second photo. If the Titanic had survived, she and her sisters ships would have been outclassed by the Imperator class ships of the Hamburg-Amerika Line: Imperator, Vaterland and Bismark, that had 20 foot ceilings in their first class public rooms designed in high fashion by Charles Mewès (He had designed the interiors of the Ritz hotels, the Imperator class ships were his last commissions when he died in 1914) -Rj
Fully agree with you, Rj - not only in luxury, but the Imperator class - in succession - was also much larger and more powerful than the Titanic. Even in her own class, we don't hear much about the Olympic, nor does it's story generate as much shock and awe as it's sister.
I think the Titanic fascination hangs around because of it's tragic ending on it's maiden voyage, whereas the Imperator and two sisters in the class suffered mundane fates. It's a shame that they were used as pawns in war reparations and quite frankly deserved to gain titles and merit that they easily would have earned (assuming a standard lifecycle of service), but that was just a sign of the times. Lastly, Titanic had an illustrious and glamorous 1st class passenger list which - much as the titans Guilded Age was hated - still captured the imaginations of the general public at the time with their staggering loss of life of such titans.
Had Titanic survived, it probably would have been nothing more than a footnote in the history of luxurious ocean liner travel that most would have never heard of these days. Thanks for reminding me of the Imperator class - it's been years since I thought about them!
More than likely, also chairs in couches in lounges were tethered to the floor with small cables. Nowadays ships have stabilizer systems, that bolting and tethering furniture to the floor is no longer required. -Rj
Le Titanic, quelle tragédie ! Harland et Wolff de Belfast étaient des constructeurs navals renommés. Les intérieurs du Titanic reflétaient les goûts raffinées des Britanniques, dans les styles Édouardien, Géorgien, Jacobéen, Louis XVI et Renaissance. La fierté de la White Star Line. Une semaine après le naufrage de Titanic, le paqueboat France fit ses debuts - un Versailles flottant, la fierté de La Belle France et le chantier naval de Penhoët. Ses salons publics étaient aménagés dans les styles Louis XIV, -XV, -XVI, Empire, Provincial et Mauresque. Reines de l’Atlantique. :) -Beau Mec à Deauville
Out of the Titanic tragedy, better safety regulations were instituted for passenger ships.
ReplyDeleteIronically a fiction novel had been written in 1898, “Futility”, that paralleled the Titanic disaster.
The book in the ship was called the Titan, and was sunk after hitting an iceberg.
That’s the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania in the second photo.
If the Titanic had survived, she and her sisters ships would have been outclassed by the Imperator class ships of the Hamburg-Amerika Line: Imperator, Vaterland and Bismark, that had 20 foot ceilings in their first class public rooms designed in high fashion by Charles Mewès (He had designed the interiors of the Ritz hotels, the Imperator class ships were his last commissions when he died in 1914)
-Rj
Rj - You know so much. I'll delete the incorrect image. I should look up the Hamburg-Amerika Line.
DeleteFully agree with you, Rj - not only in luxury, but the Imperator class - in succession - was also much larger and more powerful than the Titanic. Even in her own class, we don't hear much about the Olympic, nor does it's story generate as much shock and awe as it's sister.
DeleteI think the Titanic fascination hangs around because of it's tragic ending on it's maiden voyage, whereas the Imperator and two sisters in the class suffered mundane fates. It's a shame that they were used as pawns in war reparations and quite frankly deserved to gain titles and merit that they easily would have earned (assuming a standard lifecycle of service), but that was just a sign of the times. Lastly, Titanic had an illustrious and glamorous 1st class passenger list which - much as the titans Guilded Age was hated - still captured the imaginations of the general public at the time with their staggering loss of life of such titans.
Had Titanic survived, it probably would have been nothing more than a footnote in the history of luxurious ocean liner travel that most would have never heard of these days. Thanks for reminding me of the Imperator class - it's been years since I thought about them!
I wonder if the bed in that Parlor Suite is attached to the floor.
ReplyDeleteMore than likely, also chairs in couches in lounges were tethered to the floor with small cables.
DeleteNowadays ships have stabilizer systems, that bolting and tethering furniture to the floor is no longer required.
-Rj
Thanks for sharing Rj.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a sad sad night that was.
Le Titanic, quelle tragédie !
ReplyDeleteHarland et Wolff de Belfast étaient des constructeurs navals renommés.
Les intérieurs du Titanic reflétaient les goûts raffinées des Britanniques, dans les styles Édouardien, Géorgien, Jacobéen, Louis XVI et Renaissance. La fierté de la White Star Line.
Une semaine après le naufrage de Titanic, le paqueboat France fit ses debuts - un Versailles flottant, la fierté de La Belle France et le chantier naval de Penhoët.
Ses salons publics étaient aménagés dans les styles Louis XIV, -XV, -XVI, Empire, Provincial et Mauresque.
Reines de l’Atlantique. :)
-Beau Mec à Deauville