No one alive has seen Titanic as she was on the day she sailed. As we now all know she lays on the sea floor in 2 massive pieces with debris scattered across a two mile area. Yet, we use Titanic daily as part of our language. We 'move the deckchairs on the Titanic', we compare everything large in size to Titanic; although we have never seen her. Almost 100 years after that fateful voyage we are still fascinated with Titanic.
Titanic is often described as a catalyst for the First World War, but the events that would cause this were already happening. Germany was building larger and more luxurious ships to carry passengers to the anticipated German Empire. The UK government was partly funding ship building with Cunard (then a UK Company) with the codicil those ships would be requisitioned should war break out. During the First World War Titanic's sister ship Olympic became known as 'Old reliable' as she carried more troops than any other merchant vessel.
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