It was the ship’s “stiff upper lip.”
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"The mechanic of the rear engine gondola changes shift climbing inside the mantle of the airship, as the Graf Zeppelin sails over the Atlantic Ocean in a seven-day journey from Europe to South America, in Aug 1933".
That's like a picture of a mad scientist from an old sci-fi movie
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(Colorized pic) A WW1 survivor & veteran selling newspapers on the sidewalk, somewhere in Washington, D.C. in 1932.
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The Titanic (left) and Olympic (right) under construction at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. Circa 1910.
Just curious....
The RMS Olympic was sold for scrap in 1935 and demolished between 1935 and 1937.
Why was the Olympic scrapped?
Outdated: The Olympic was outdated compared to newer ships.
Excess tonnage: The Olympic was withdrawn from service after the merger of White Star Line and Cunard Line in 1934.
What happened to the Olympic after it was withdrawn from service?
The Olympic was laid up in Southampton in April 1935.
The Olympic was sold to Sir John Jarvis for £97,500.
The Olympic was towed to Jarrow for scrapping.
The Olympic's fittings were auctioned off.
The Olympic's superstructure was demolished between 1935 and 1937.
The Olympic's hull was towed to Inverkeithing for final demolition in September 1937.
The Olympic was completely demolished by late 1937.
The RMS Olympic was sold for scrap in 1935 and demolished between 1935 and 1937.
Why was the Olympic scrapped?
Outdated: The Olympic was outdated compared to newer ships.
Excess tonnage: The Olympic was withdrawn from service after the merger of White Star Line and Cunard Line in 1934.
What happened to the Olympic after it was withdrawn from service?
The Olympic was laid up in Southampton in April 1935.
The Olympic was sold to Sir John Jarvis for £97,500.
The Olympic was towed to Jarrow for scrapping.
The Olympic's fittings were auctioned off.
The Olympic's superstructure was demolished between 1935 and 1937.
The Olympic's hull was towed to Inverkeithing for final demolition in September 1937.
The Olympic was completely demolished by late 1937.
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Argentine battleship ARA Rivadavia, NY, Aug 6, 1913. Built in USA in 1910, it was retired from service in 1952, and sold to an Italian company in 1957 to be scrapped.
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"In 1907, the Brazilian government placed an order for two of the powerful new "dreadnought" warships as part of a larger naval construction program. Argentina quickly responded, as the Brazilian ships outclassed anything in the Argentine fleet. After an extended bidding process, contracts to design and build Rivadavia and Moreno were given to the American Fore River Shipbuilding Company. During their construction, there were rumors that the ships might be sold to a country engaged in the First World War, but both were commissioned into the Argentine Navy. Rivadavia underwent extensive refits in the United States in 1924 and 1925. The ship saw no active service during the Second World War, and its last cruise was made in 1946. Stricken from the naval register in 1957, Rivadavia was sold later that year and broken up for scrap starting in 1959." - Wiki
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"In 1907, the Brazilian government placed an order for two of the powerful new "dreadnought" warships as part of a larger naval construction program. Argentina quickly responded, as the Brazilian ships outclassed anything in the Argentine fleet. After an extended bidding process, contracts to design and build Rivadavia and Moreno were given to the American Fore River Shipbuilding Company. During their construction, there were rumors that the ships might be sold to a country engaged in the First World War, but both were commissioned into the Argentine Navy. Rivadavia underwent extensive refits in the United States in 1924 and 1925. The ship saw no active service during the Second World War, and its last cruise was made in 1946. Stricken from the naval register in 1957, Rivadavia was sold later that year and broken up for scrap starting in 1959." - Wiki
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And since we're talking about ships, I've always been curious about the Titanic (driven by the movie, no doubt). Here's a comparison of the size of the great ship of that time.
Yeah I was going to say I thought the Titanic would have been much taller thinking of todays cruise ships.
Nice comparison that.
Nice comparison that.
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Josef Stalin, photographed in his youth by the Tsarist secret police.
He does have a bit of a gangster look about him.
Either that or a genocidal psychotic mass murderer.