Plan Notes and CorrectionsWhen Titanic left on her maiden voyage in 1912, the thought of documenting her for future generations was on no one’s mind. Ironically the most famous ship of all time is perhaps the most difficult to research and decipher. Due to that, not everything about Titanic is considered concrete in the research community, and certainly not with what Titanic: Honor and Glory have come up with with their research. Yet, the team’s goal is to provide ample evidence and reasoning for all design decisions for the video game and the deck plans.
Mysteries, Hypotheses, and Unknowns
This page will grow in time and more will be added. As stated on the plan, certain areas, rooms, compartments, furnishings, notes, etc., marked with a question mark (?) indicate the researcher's best-educated judgment based on all available source material at the time of production. Not enough direct reference material for Titanic concerning the marked subject has been unearthed for the researcher and team to make a firm conclusion. It is up to the viewer's discretion to accept or dispute the finding. Some of the evidence utilized by the researcher and team will be here for review. Usually, Titanic’s sisters Olympic and Britannic were the main sources of these judgment calls, other ships of the era and other lines were examined and utilized.
Top of Houses - Skylights over Galley
On Olympic, two large vents are prominent forward of funnel four and labeled "L & A To Saloon" on her ventilation plan. Gratings with jalousie screens are visible on the forward face of these vents to allow in air and light. This area was reconfigured for Titanic with changed ventilation and trunks for the galley flue-works. However, the shaft down to the restaurant galley was still present on Titanic and presented for "Light and Air" (other shafts were labeled similarly yet had zero sunlight sources.)
Two vents/skylights forward of funnel four on Olympic.
Sirocco vents were added to Titanic to help exhaust the galley, thus removing Olympic's large double vents, so we present similar skylights in this area as seen on other H&W-built ships.
If the skylights were present, they were hidden by the two exhaust ducts on either side in every photograph of Titanic as no photographer had the caught the ship from above.
Plans Changelog
