re: #352 thedopefishlives
Ismay and the White Star Line traded speed for size and a comfortable ride (the turbines of Mauretania and Lusitania, while powerful and capable of generating tremendous speed for an oceangoing liner, caused noticeable vibrations). They were banking on selling top-dollar bookings on the world’s biggest, most luxurious passenger ships.
Even if Titanic had not sunk, that business plan would have been. Within two decades after the voyage, rich folks would be flying across the Atlantic.