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Examines contradictory evidence from official inquiries, transcripts of radio transmisions, and reports of relics recovered from the downed ship.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Titanic - a second conspiracy book, 29 Jul 1999

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Titanic - The ship that never sank Robin Gardiner This is the second book on the topic of the alleged switching of the Titanic and the Olympic before the 1912 disaster. In his first book, the Riddle of the Titanic, Robin Gardiner collaborated with Dan Van Der Vat to describe their theory that the Olympic was switched with the Titanic because the Olympic was so badly damaged in a collision with a cruiser at Southampton. They develop the theory that the Olympic was very severely damaged by the ram on the bow of the warship. The story is at least credible and evidence or rather inconsistencies are highlighted which make the thesis far beyond conspiracy theorist's lunacy. Photos illustrate minute detail on the bow plates of the "Titanic" which are characteristic of the Olympic. The two ships were sisters but not identical. An extra life boat was accounted for at the scene which suggests the presence of another ship. The bizarre behaviour of the captain of the Californian is explained in that he was there as a rescue ship but told to expect precise coloured rocket signals. The provision of coal for the Leyland Line's cargo steamer Californian is slightly strange when crack liners were moored two abreast at Southampton because of a coal strike. Both Leyland Line and Cunard were owned by IMM. Some of the survivor stories are challenged as inconsistent and the crew were held away from the press until they had been spoken to by the company and British authorities. Robin Gardiner says that the Olympic was scuttled because she was beyond repair and before she set out she was relabelled as the Titanic in order to collect better insurance. Read the evidence and believe what you will. Published 1998 Ian Allan , Birmingham, ISBN 0 7110 2633 5 �16.99

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2.0 out of 5 stars Mis-titled - all dressed up an nowhere to go, 12 Sep 1998

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This review is from: Titanic Conspiracy (A Birch Lane Press book) (Hardcover)

This book gave very little evidence of any conspiracies. The jacket implied there were facts that were hidden and not brought up in other books - i.e. switching with the Olympic, insurance scam - but it gave little or no evidence of it. It mentions an extra bulkhead - as if this is supposed to mean something - yet never tells where the bulkhead is or what it could mean. It raises a few questions or points that other books have not but gives nothing to sink your teeth in. The "conspiracy" part takes up about .05% of the book. There are no extra "characters" who give evidence. No real intent on proving a conspiracy except the well-trod inconsistancies that have been written about for years.

I have no doubt that a lot of research went into this book. It should have been titled different - marketed different. I only bought it for additional information but found little. If it had been titled different I may have bought it for primary research.

Aside: The authors never discuss how a 46,000 ton ship could have been replaced by her sister without someone noticing and talking. They are not two cars in an empty garage. Nor did they give good reasoning for a company to trade an underinsured ship for another for the insurance money - which would have caused a huge loss for White Star. Nor a theory on how they planned to "accidentally" sink the ship with no loss of life by ramming an iceburg.

Very disappointing. Remove the jacket, change the title, and a much better rating would be have.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but frustrating, 11 May 1999

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First off, this book is Exhibit A in the case against jacket-copy writers who don't read the books they're writing copy for. The rhetorical questions raised on the rear suggest we will read about the wreck on the seafloor not being consistent with the ship's final reported position. But there's nothing about that in the book. Perhaps it was edited out, but I doubt it, considering that any decent editor would have told Gardiner he had to present his theory coherently. That means, no hopscotching from point to point, set out the fundamentals of your argument at the beginning and reiterate them at the end. Like any good disaffected Brit, he harps at length on the corruptness of the naval and mercantile establishments. He takes special pleasure in lambasting the British inquiry into the disaster, and practically throws tantrums over its failure to note that one of the ship's builders was also a partner in White Star. Yet he never quite demonstrates the importance of that fact, or rather kills it by overstatement. His strongest points are the sea voyage itself, where he records much that raised my eyebrows: the fire that burned for days after leaving Belfast, the missing binoculars, and certain odd crew changes and assignments. But he never pulls it all into one ... he discusses at length the many nearby ships survivors said they saw and implies he's going to explain that, but never does. It's very possible that Olympic and Titanic were switched in Belfast to scuttle the former in insurance fraud. But this book isn't the proof it could be - it's too much conspiracy and too little theory.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Conspiracy?
After having read both The Ship that Never Sank and the Riddle of the Titanic I was looking forward to reading this third book, however, although it is written well and... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book has interesting ideas and presents them well
The book gives valid reasons that imply the switching of the Olympic and the Titanic. The book was obviously well researched and although the ideas might be wrong, there is the... Read more

Published on 29 Jun 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars Thought provoking and inquisitive into the famous shipwreck
They reveal facts and pose questions upon the events before the Titanic set sail. This book supplies historical background into the famous demise of the White Star Line and it's... Read more

Published on 26 Jun 1998

2.0 out of 5 stars Too speculative to believe, but just enough to get published
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4.0 out of 5 stars This book was well researched and thought-provoking.
This book provided an outlet for looking critically into the events surrounding the Olympic class ships to gain insight into one of the most amazing and mysterious disasters of... Read more

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