Hello everybody, sorry for resurrecting this old thread, but I'm researching about the Second Battle of the Atlantic and I was wondering if anybody knew where to find the monthly shipyard output of Great Britain and United States during the Secon World War. I read somewehere that in order to...
After doing some research recently in Sheffield I came across a reference in some of Wards documentation about the purchase of all three builders models for Olympic, Majestic, Homeric and thought there might be someone out there who has been looking for the Majestic's builders model. Below is...
Oral Family History has my Grand Father John Williams sent by the White Star Company from Liverpool to Belfast to assist with the electrical outfitting of the Titanic. He was supposedly offered a post on the maiden voyage, but a scarlet fever outbreak in Liverpool had infected his children, and...
Ive had no luck in searching for a link or picture of the builders model.Has anyone else seen one or know of a link?.
Many thanks in advance.....
Linerdan
I'v seen several photographs, one of an 18' model at the back of Harland & Wolff's Drawing Office in Belfast, the well known "Britannic" model complete with gantry davits and photo of an earlier model of Olympic.
Do any of these models still exist? I presume the model at Liverpool Maritime...
In the book Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy Eaton and Haas mention a builders' specification book for Titanic. They describe it as a document of more than 300 pages, containing elaborate instructions for fitting out Titanic.
I have contacted Harland & Wolff and the sales rep tells me they do...