As you can imagine, I have an affinity for hospital ships. It started when I was in elementary school and read about the USS Hope...
...I was a youngster but I smiled when I saw that picture in the newspaper. I even clipped the article to present it as my current events assignment in school.
Yes, I can imagine your interest.
Those are gorgeous images; I hadn't heard of either the
Hope or the
Consolation. I'll look them up.
As you can see, I've now changed my avatar to the
Britannic. Any new users are going to think I can't keep my ocean liners straight.
Thank-you for confirming that, Kathy. That's even more reason, other than the insufficient number of lifeboats aboard, why the Titanic should not have sailed on April 10th. I'm sure Captain Smith knew about the fire. He should have considered his ship not seaworthy.
Well . . . I'm not sure he knew about it. And as coal fires were common on board ships of that era, I don't think it would have made the vessel not seaworthy. And the decision on lifeboats wasn't his to make; that was the Board of Trade's decision. Alexander Carlisle pleaded for more lifeboats but was rebuffed.
But I don't want to quibble.
Now, though, I'm more incentivized to get my ocean liner books unpacked and read the ones I haven't gotten to yet so I can refresh my memory.