Historical ramifications if the RMS Titanic hadn't sunk?

[hugh lupus]

Not necessarily. No other big liner, to my recall, did founder under the unique circumstacers that made Titanic so tragic. She sank slowly enough that there was time to load/launch all the lifeboats (unlike the Lusitania) and far enough from any help (note: I did not say "any other ship") to lend assitance (such as, say, the Andrea Doria). It's not unreasonale to hypothisize that the transatlantic liner era could have ended without ship ever having being required to carry life boats for all passengers.

OTOH, there would probably be no International Ice Patrol so maybe another ship (or voyage) would have filled the historical gap. But the chain of circumstance was so perfect that for any other ship to suffer it borders on ASB.

There were previous warnings ..if anyone was listening ...which they were not.Try this unheeded warning.
http://history1800s.about.com/od/steamships/a/wreckofarctic.htm

 

[phx1138]

It's a nice idea, but as far as the research goes, you're flying blind. How to know what anyone might have been but for something?

That's why I say "famous nobody": you could pretty much do anything you want & claim it's from descent from Titanic, or butterflies from it...& the further out you get, the easier (& more likely) that is.

the chain of circumstance was so perfect that for any other ship to suffer it borders on ASB.

I saw a TV doc awhile ago that suggests it really was, almost: the weather conditions for that day & that time were bang on right for the lookouts not to be able to tell how close the 'berg was, nor how far the "nearby" ship was, plus that ship couldn't see Titanic's blinker signals.... Even one day sooner or later, she'd have missed the 'berg entire. Even a few hours might have done it.

 

[fscott]

There were previous warnings ..if anyone was listening ...which they were not.Try this unheeded warning.
http://history1800s.about.com/od/steamships/a/wreckofarctic.htm

Yes the incident with the Arctic, which was made of wood, was sort of a warning. However ships had greatly increased in strength and safety.
Captain Smith was a good Captain who in his professional life had never seen such a disaster happen.

 

[hugh lupus]

And that was part of the problem ...incomprehension .Captain Smith gave an interview before sailing in which he mentioned he'd only ever in a long career seen one ship sink ,and that was a small sailing ship where everyone survived.
Without the disaster I think that I.M.M would have gone on for a few more years than it did

 

[modelcitizen]

I think this is it.

the link's broken

The link (which came to this https://www.alternatehistory.com/Discussion/showthread.php?t=194941 ) worked for me. It's an enjoyable read. (The part(s) that I read, at least.) (Edit: Especially post 16, halfway down the first page written by Pyeknu494 )

 

[phx1138]

The link (which came to this https://www.alternatehistory.com/Discussion/showthread.php?t=194941 ) worked for me. It's an enjoyable read. (The part(s) that I read, at least.) (Edit: Especially post 16, halfway down the first page written by Pyeknu494 )

Regrettably, that thread appears extinct...

 

[Kevin C. Smith]

It appears to have risen from the dead. I was able to link and read it...