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<blockquote data-quote="jcottone45" data-source="post: 53428" data-attributes="member: 2413"><p>I also watched a few of those specials. Then I remembered reading in one of either my military history magazines many years ago or another book that I no longer have, that the British Navy warships were built basically in the same place as Titanic & were all built the same with of course the obvious changes and they were wondering then if they were also built with the same faults!! Which shows that some one back then suspected as much, but I don't remember reading anything any further on the matter. </p><p>I remember that a Mr.Fischer I believe was his name & he was the first lord of the admiralty at the time & he wanted his 8 battle cruisers asap his phrase was " we want 8 & we won't wait" Well he got them just in time for WW I mostly all of them did poorly under the great stress of battle & were so thin skinned that they were useless against the heavy weapons they went up against, I don't recall how many survived that war but I think 3 were sunk at the naval battle of Jutland alone. The other 3 or 4 were badly damaged during the same engagement, including Beatty's flagship Lion but I can't remember if it was one of those 8 ships or not.I also believed the Hood may have been completed with modifications but too late to join the fight in that war & we all know of her fate!!!</p><p>Lesson not learned!! Thousands of able seamen lost their lives!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jcottone45, post: 53428, member: 2413"] I also watched a few of those specials. Then I remembered reading in one of either my military history magazines many years ago or another book that I no longer have, that the British Navy warships were built basically in the same place as Titanic & were all built the same with of course the obvious changes and they were wondering then if they were also built with the same faults!! Which shows that some one back then suspected as much, but I don't remember reading anything any further on the matter. I remember that a Mr.Fischer I believe was his name & he was the first lord of the admiralty at the time & he wanted his 8 battle cruisers asap his phrase was " we want 8 & we won't wait" Well he got them just in time for WW I mostly all of them did poorly under the great stress of battle & were so thin skinned that they were useless against the heavy weapons they went up against, I don't recall how many survived that war but I think 3 were sunk at the naval battle of Jutland alone. The other 3 or 4 were badly damaged during the same engagement, including Beatty's flagship Lion but I can't remember if it was one of those 8 ships or not.I also believed the Hood may have been completed with modifications but too late to join the fight in that war & we all know of her fate!!! Lesson not learned!! Thousands of able seamen lost their lives!!! [/QUOTE]
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