On this day in history, on the 17th of February 1912, the Titanic was moved for her final fittings before her maiden voyage.
The official maiden voyage would take place several weeks later for the Titanic. Titanic's original maiden voyage was planned for the 20th of March 1912. However, due to her sister ship the Olympic having a damaged propeller while being out at sea, the Olympic had to be repaired which put back the date of the Titanic's maiden voyage to the 10th of April 1912.
The above picture is the Titanic and the Olympic side-by-side in Belfast Docks on the 2nd of March 1912, as the Olympic went through her repairs.
It was the last picture of the Titanic and the Olympic photographed besides each other. The Olympic set sail off to Southampton on the 7th of March 1912 to go back to being a working ship. Work resumed on the Titanic afterwards, but delayed the Titanic's originally planned maiden voyage for a few weeks. What Happened On The 17th Of February 1912? By the 17th of February 1912, most of the work was already done on the ship, she was almost ready to go, but had a few last minute fittings to go through. On the 17th of February 1912, Titanic was put on the Thompson Graving Dock at Belfast Docks so that the last of her fittings could take place. In a few weeks, Titanic sets sail...
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