The first liner designed by the famous William Gibbs, who later went on to design the United States. It combined the best features of the Olympic class and Mauritania with an oil-fired turbo electric power plant for a design speed near 30 knots. The design went as far as models for tank testing but died due to WW1 and its aftermath. The only published picture is lacking in many details, so I improvised and borrowed from other ships. Her sister would have been named Baltimore and they would have sailed with the American Line, part of the huge IMM conglomerate that also included the White Star Line.
Apparently Gibbs took the best features of Mauritania and Olympic, and upgraded it with oil and turbo-electric propulsion to give it a top speed of around 30kts.
My question is: if WSL improved on Olympic by, on Titanic, adding screens to the forward part of A deck, why wasn't this implemented upon the Boston? Also, it was a hassle for the compass platform to be between the funnels. The officer had to go back and forth between the platform and the bridge to report the headings to the helmsman. It was on top of the bridge of the Lusitania & Mauritania for this reason. So why wasn't this feature put on the Boston either? This was also to be put on Britannic when it entered passenger service. (Which, of course it didn't. )
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich." -Napoleon Bonaparte "Dulce bellum inexpertis." (War is sweet to those who have never fought.)
Just out of curiosity, did Gibbs design SS America as well as the Big U?
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich." -Napoleon Bonaparte "Dulce bellum inexpertis." (War is sweet to those who have never fought.)
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