Titanic never sinks

[claybaskit]

So what are the butterflies?

 

[Japhy]

More Razor Blades in production a few decades later.

 

[AgentRudda]

As for the ship, probably something very similar as her sisters. Olympic became a transporter and once sank a German U-Boat (look it up, very cool) and Britannic became a hospital ship before being sunk by a mine off the coast of Greece (very unfortunate). As for after the war it's hard to say but probably the sister ships would've remained in service throughout the 1920s and most of the 30s before eventually being scrapped. Olympic had a reputation as the "old reliable": although she was considerably out-of-date compared to her contemporaries she was a good way of safely and efficiently crossing the Atlantic.

As for the safety and construction reforms which followed the Titanic disaster, I am sure a disaster of similar scale would happen eventually. Or perhaps the onset of the war would've necessitated more lifeboats anyway, better/more standardised wireless telegraphy and larger watertight bulkheads which extended further up into the ship.

James Cameron ends up directing Star Trek porn parodies or something idk.

 

[Arthur_Phuxache]

Different ship name in this news story


RMS Empress of Ireland?

 

[MAC161]

Olympic became a transporter and once sank a German U-Boat

Getting the image of a longer-lasting, much-modified Titanic ("Old Unsinkable") making a final transport run at the end of WWII in Europe, and facing off against a Type XXI U-Boat (maybe U-2511, commanded by Schnee or another, more diehard captain?), in the last engagement for either vessel...

(Disclaimer: I know next to nothing about naval tech and other matters, so this is a very soft idea)

 

[Coiler]

Getting the image of a longer-lasting, much-modified Titanic ("Old Unsinkable") making a final transport run at the end of WWII in Europe, and facing off against a Type XXI U-Boat in the last engagement for either vessel...

It is a soft idea because the whole point of Type XXIs was that they could keep their distance and stay underwater faster/longer. Another soft but slightly more plausible and a lot more spectacular idea is the ship going down by ramming a German surface raider earlier in the war.

 

[MAC161]

It is a soft idea because the whole point of Type XXIs was that they could keep their distance and stay underwater faster/longer. Another soft but slightly more plausible and a lot more spectacular idea is the ship going down by ramming a German surface raider earlier in the war.

Titanic vs. Bismarck*??

(*Maybe post-1st or 2nd OTL battle Bismarck, to make the odds somewhat more even?)

 

[AgentRudda]

Getting the image of a longer-lasting, much-modified Titanic ("Old Unsinkable") making a final transport run at the end of WWII in Europe, and facing off against a Type XXI U-Boat (maybe U-2511, commanded by Schnee or another, more diehard captain?), in the last engagement for either vessel...

(Disclaimer: I know next to nothing about naval tech and other matters, so this is a very soft idea)

I know next-to-nothing but that so I will just reply with something I do know about. In the 1930s British shipping was, to put it mildly, pretty screwed. The government had to bail out the industry which forced the White Star/Cunard merger and the decision to scrap Olympic was part of a costcutting programme. I'd be very surprised if Titanic would've made it out of the 1930s. There'd be even less of a nostalgia/mystical reverence for the Olympic class if she had never sank, of course.

 

[Delta Force]

Titanic vs. Bismarck*??

(*Maybe post-1st or 2nd OTL battle Bismarck, to make the odds somewhat more even?)

Ocean liners were used as auxiliary cruisers during World War I and the SS Bismarck was launched in 1914. If Titanic doesn't sink perhaps the two ships could be converted into auxiliary cruisers and battle each other.

I know next-to-nothing but that so I will just reply with something I do know about. In the 1930s British shipping was, to put it mildly, pretty screwed. The government had to bail out the industry which forced the White Star/Cunard merger and the decision to scrap Olympic was part of a costcutting programme. I'd be very surprised if Titanic would've made it out of the 1930s. There'd be even less of a nostalgia/mystical reverence for the Olympic class if she had never sank, of course.

There might be more focus on contemporary or later ocean liners that had greater levels of luxury, such as the Imperator class or the SS Normandie.