Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "BBC News" channel.

  1. Certainly deserves a mention. 'Old Reliable' was a successful liner for 23 years, in peace and war. Even sinking a U Boat in WW1. Much mourned when she was scrapped.
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  2. Idiot. Did you enjoy your fact-free switcher video? Much better than the mundane facts, wasn't it?
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  3.  @digitaal_boog  Maximus rather gave himself away when he referred to 'Titanic - The Shocking Truth', probably the worst of a whole host of inept switcher & conspiracist videos, supposedly on the subject. It seems that these people view one of those videos, swallow it whole, and appoint themselves 'experts.' Much easier, I suppose, than actually finding out a few facts.
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  4.  @digitaal_boog  To be honest, I have always felt some sympathy for the presenter, who seems to look in desperate need of a good feed! Perhaps he made it in exchange for a three course meal?
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  5. The condition of the wreck should make that obvious.
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  6. No. Simply a minor misdemeanour by the standards of the Dear Leader Sir Keir.
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  7.  @ifixboats5066  Would your ten men have had time to rebuild the forward end of 'A' deck, fitting the extra cabins and the cafe, and altering the window pattern? How long would it have taken them partly to enclose 'A' deck, as well? These features are well known from images of the wreck, and are unique to Titanic. The Olympic of 1912 had the original pattern 'B' deck windows, and retained an open 'A' deck. in 1912. Oh, and how do you explain the further inconvenient (to you) fact that furniture sold off when Olympic was scrapped, and in use to this day in the 'Olympic Restaurant' in the White Star hotel in Alnwick, has the Harland & Wolff build number, 400, marked on it, whilst no piece yet found bears the number 401? Did your ten men have time to change all those as well?
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  8.  @ifixboats5066  Oh? I see you have no actual answer, then?
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  9. Presumably God didn't have a similar problem with her sister, Olympic, or with the many much larger ships which followed?
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  10.  @wdsththeal6846  White Star did not formally 'christen' any of their ships. Olympic had a long & illustrious career. She was not christened either. By the way, no one from either Harland & Wolff, nor White Star, ever made the 'unsinkable' claim. It is simply a myth which, paradoxically, came into being after the sinking.
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  11. They never did in the first place.
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  12. Stop posting switcher nonsense, presumably based on you unquestioning acceptance of a switcher video or two. I am, however impressed by the depth of your knowledge. By which I mean how shallow it is. Titanic's older sister, the ship with an illustrious 23 year career, was named OLYMPIC.
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  13. Nonsense. That is a myth invented in the 1990s, with no supporting evidence. Do you also believe in the Tooth Fairy?
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  14. 'It's amazing that the inquiry and strong evidence of there being fires in the coal stores on board the Titanic before departing Southampton, are never really spoken of, even now!?' They are, frequently. However, there is no evidence to suggest that a bunker fire harmed the bulkhead structure of the ship, and the fire itself had been extinguished 24 hours before the collision.
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  15.  @jemmace2586  I don't recall discounting anything or, indeed, commenting on the video at all. I simply posted to correct your erroneous claim about the fire.
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  16.  @jemmace2586  'I know all about the blue ribbon record's, doesn't make any sense whatsoever to me.' What you apparently don't know is that the Blue Riband was never a possibility. The Lusitanias were turbine driven & four to five knots faster. You should read the comments made by several liner captains & Master Mariners at the British Inquiry. All agreed with Smith's actions, of changing to a more southerly course and alerting his lookouts. They confirmed that they would have acted in a similar manner. You haven't actually read the minutes, of course. Have you?
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  17.  @jemmace2586  go away. Eronius haha. I have never understood why people like you feel the need to comment when your actual knowledge is superficial at best. Perhaps you might explain?
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  18. 'Do the research.' Odd how people who say this are invariably the ones who have done the least themselves, isn't it? I assume you have watched a switcher video or two, and pronounced yourself an instant expert? 1). Olympic had been fully repaired and returned to her Atlantic duties by late November, 1911, when Titanic was months away from completion. 2). Both ships cost £1.5 million to build. Both were insured for £1 million. Thus, the loss of Titanic cost White Star £500,000 and their safety record. 3). There is no evidence that wo of the three bankers who died opposed the Fed., whilst there is considerable evidence that the third supported it. I assume your switcher videos didn't mention any of the above?
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  19.  @Beesechurgerplease  All any scan would prove would be what photos. have already proven, which is that the wreck is indisputably that of Titanic, despite the fantasies of idiots determined to believe a nonsensical myth invented in 1995.
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  20. How were God' affairs medelled?
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  21. 'The titanic sank because it was overloaded.' Oh dear! Passenger capacity First class: 735 Second class: 674 Third class: 1026 Crew: 885 Total :- 3320. Losses 815 passengers 688 crew 712 survivors. Total :- 2215 Overloaded?? She was two thirds full.
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  22. 'This actually makes so much sense!' Only if you are profoundly ignorant of any actual facts, I fear.
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  23.  @luckyjames2530  No, she didn't. Why do you people feel the need to posts outright lies, rather than simply accept your errors?
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  24.  @luckyjames2530  She carried 20 lifeboats. Which was more than the Board of Trade required, and had nothing to do with the number of passengers she actually carried. Just look at any responsible site to confirm what I have said, for Heaven's sake.
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  25.  @luckyjames2530  'The facts were after the accident, to cover the truth and coarse the insurance people to pay, my friend, we are talking about money, money that would be running upwards of 1b dollars in today's money.' No, mon brave. You are talking about money. I am writing about known facts. You don't actually have any real knowledge ot the subject, do you?
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  26.  @luckyjames2530  'consult the Wikipedia.' You use Wikipedia? That explains a lot. I simply stick to known and accurate facts. You should try it.
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  27.  @luckyjames2530  'you forgot to add the automobiles.' Don't you mean 'the autombile?' The single one that was aboard Titanic. Not that it was relevant to anything at all.
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  28.  @luckyjames2530  Yey anyone whjo wishes, however wrongly informed, can contribute to it. That is why I base my comments on archives, records, fact, and the minutes of the Inquiries, rather then the fantasies of poorly informed people.
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  29. Nonsense.
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  30. By the standards of modern cruise ships, the Olympics were comparatively small. But, at the time they were built, they were huge.
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  31. ' Did you know the coal room was on fire when it left Belfast? ' No, it wasn't. ' Did you know that JP Morgan had booked a room on the ship but changed his mind at the last minute to stay with his 17 year old mistress? ' No he didn't. He had an engagement in Venice, at St. Mark's, which ment he could never have sailed. It was actually in newspapers from March 1912.
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  32. @ko7577 Californian was close enough to see Titanic's socket signals.
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  33. After all this time, no there aren't.
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  34. Feel free to fund it yourself.
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  35.  @Blablablabla1ify  Because after recent events, a 'snarky' comment is the least you deserve.
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  36.  @Blablablabla1ify  I simply pointed out that your suggestion would come at a considerable cost, both financial, and possibly personal. If you can't grasp that, then no wonder you get upset by having it pointed out.
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  37. Really? you can tell that from images of a ship which sany over 110 years ago? You must be very clever. Or you have simply watched a conspiracist video and swallowed it unquestioningly? My money is on the latter.
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  38.  @hughlevett-yeats401 'No...potato head!..You just don't have the info!' Where did you get this drivel from? A switcher video, perhaps? Olympic in 1912 retained her original layout, Titanic had been modified during building. The forward section of 'A' deck had been enclosed, whilst the forward end of 'B' deck had been modified to include extra cabins and a Cafe Parisien, resulting in a different window pattern when compared with Olympic. The same window pattern, subsequently found on the wreck, by the way. The 'useless' Olympic had experienced neither fire nor structural issues. She had been involved in a low (8 knots) collision with a RN cruiser, HMS Hawke, but had been repaired and been back at sea since late November, 1911. When, incidentally, Titanic was still five months away from completion. She was, of course, fully certified by the Board of Trade, and insured with Lloyds for £1 million. She was actually en route from New York for Southampton when Titanic sank. No propeller was changed, 'huge' or otherwise. The 1911 Inspection Report, from the Admiralty, the Board of Trade, & White Star, confirmed damage to a propeller SHAFT, and parts from the incomplete Titanic's shaft were fitted to speed up repairs. The propeller swap was simply invented by your switcher friends to explain why a Titanic propeller was discovered on Titanic's wreck. Your imaginary rivetted name is simply that. A dodgy image appeared from nowhere in around 2000. It has no provenance, and no exploration team has either claimed it, nor even acknowledged it. Perhaps because it is so amateurish? When the creator of the myth, Robin Gardiner, himself denounced it as fake, you are on seriously dodgy ground. As to insurance, each Olympic was insured for £1 million, or two thirds of the building cost for each ship. £1 million is what Lloyds paid out. I, by the way, have the information, which doesn't involve switcher videos. If you believe this nonsense, then if you allege stupidity, you might look closer to home?
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  39.  @hughlevett-yeats401  'Do you think one of the biggest financial insurance frauds wasn't covered in minute detail by the owners of the White Star Line?..huge rich and powerful people! ' Do try to understand. The ship cost £1.5 million to build, and was insured for £1 million. Thus, this brilliant insurance fraud lost White Star £500,000 as well as their reputation for safety. Who do you think thought it up? The directors of Cunard, perhaps?
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  40. Well, Astor & Guggenheim never expressed opposition to the Fed., whilst Straus supported it. Still, don't the fact that these claims were invented in the mid 1990s spoil your fantasy.
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  41. It is only so claimed by people who either do not wish to know the facts, or are simply ignorant of them.
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  42. The captain said nothing of the sort. Nor did the builders or White Star. Do you really believe God is so callous and ill-informed?
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  43. No one was 'locked up.' At least, notb according to the testimonies of third class survivors.
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  44. It appears that the boys, girls, and others in blue have baulked at taking on someone as wealthy, influential, and powerful as J K Rowling. Presumably, they will concentrate their efforts on persecuting the little people, who lack such resources, instead.
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  45.  @tommurphy4307  You mean just like Olympic, Mauretania, Aquitania, Queen Mary, & Queen Elizabeth. Some of the finest & most successful Atlantic liners ever built?
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  46.  @andreabrindesi6526  You mean like 'The ships were swapped' or 'It was an insurance scam?' Indeed, these fictions are disrespectful to the dead.
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  47. Nonsense. You really should not simply watch switcher videos, however entertaining they might be, and swallow them whole. It makes you look such a fool when you repeat from them things which have long ago been proven false.
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  48. You must be really sad that there is not a single shred of evidence to support your naive belief in a myth invented in the mid 1990s.
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  49. No Titanic propeller was ever fitted to Olympic, although parts of a shaft were.
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  50. Did you enjoy the conspiracist video you watched, and swallowed whole and unquestioningly, then? A shame about the total lack of supporting evidence for your nonsense, isn't it?
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