Re: FWIW: ST Enterprise Cancelled

From: Dale (drc_at_oz.net)
Date: 02/05/05 

Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 08:35:10 -0800

On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 10:15:32 -0600, "Christopher M. Jones"
<christopher.m.jones@gmail.com> wrote:

>Dale wrote:
>> This is kinda OT, but they cited the sinking of the "Titanic's sister ship, the
>> Lusitania" as a reason the US entered the war. Does anybody with any
>> knowledge look over the stuff that airs on PBS anymore, or are they just
>> satisfied to get anything on past the Flat-Earthers? Not to be nit-picky,
>> but sheeesh...
>
>Sheesh. Yeah, Lusitania was not Titanic's sister ship, as
>the Lusitania was commissioned by the Cunard Steamship
>Company which was a principle rival of the White Star Line
>(Titanic's operator). PBS's goof here is as bad as would
>be saying that the Apple II and IBM PC were products of an
>Apple/IBM cooperative venture.
>
>Titanic had two sister ships, the Brittanic (converted into
>a hospital ship in the British Navy for WWI, sunk near Greece
>by, most likely, a mine put in place by a German u-boat) and
>Olympic (which survived a collision with a British cruiser to
>go on to a long service life followed by being gutted and cut
>into scrap).

And Lusitania (arguably) had the Mauretania. This was part 5
of a continuing series. I'll try to catch who's behind it next time.
Not exactly Ken Burns caliber stuff...

Dale

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