4-Funnel Liner

A 4-Funnel Liner is a ship that has 4 funnels. They are sometimes refered to as 4-Stackers. Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, lauched in the 1890s, was the 1st ocean liner to have 4 funnels, 2 in 2 groups. Among the most famous is the Titanic, which sank on its Maiden Voyage after hitting an iceberg. Another is Lusitania, which was torpedoed off the coast of Southern Ireland by U-20 while sailing back to Liverpool during World War 1.

## List of 4-Funnel Ocean Liners in History:

Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse

Kronprinz Wilhelm

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Kronpinzessin Cecilie

Deutschland

Lusitania

Mauretania

Olympic

France

Titanic

Aquitania

Britannic

Arundel Castle

Windsor Castle

## Legacy:

While these majestic ocean liners were among the most popular of luxury ships, it's the Titanic that get the most glory, with theatrical films based upon the sinking. The most iconic is the 1997 blockbuster by James Cameron. Thanks to Titanic, more modern ships have radar & sonar to keep the ship out of trouble while out sea, with the inclusion of additional lifeboats. Unfortunately, there are no 4-Funnel liners today. However, Clive Palmer, Austrailian Billionaire Businessman, has planned to built Titanic II with the help of Beijing in China, Blue Star Line & Deltamarin. Any 4-Funnel liner in history had sunk or was scrapped. If lucky, they could've been preserved as floating hotels &/or tourist attractions, just like the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. There is another concept by Joseph Ricker who had decided to honor the Titanic & raise a non-profit charity, due to the sinking. This planned concept is the SS Titan. Each of these ships have been told in stories around the Globe, especially in documentaries.

## Trivia:

Every ship 833time designs & creates has 4 funnels.

Titanic is the most famous of all 4-funnel ships, due to the movies & theories about her. Lusitania & Britannic get some of the glory.

Britannic got its own movie 3 years after its sister. However, compared to Titanic, Britannic was not released to theaters, but rather onto TV, formatted in 4.6 Standard screen, while Titanic was released to theaters & had a much wider aspect ratio.

Titanic's sinking disaster is theorized to have been predicted in a novel by Morgan Robetson, featuring a fictional ocean liner named Titan, which had 4 funnels & not enough lifeboats, was said to be unsinkable, set sail from England to New York on its Maiden Voyage & sank after hitting an iceberg en route in April at nighttime.

Britannic was the only 4-funnel liner to incorprate crane-like davits. She originally meant to have 8, but only 5 were installed before she entered service as a hospital ship during World War 1.

Olympic is the only ship in the Olympic-class that didn't sink, but also the only sister ship to not recieve a feature-length screening adaptation of her story.

Aquitania was the only 4-Funnel Liner to serve in World War 1 & World War 2.

There were concepts made to build 4-Funnel liners in the US, sush as the USS Independence. RMMV Oceanic's original design sported 4 funnels. According to a book called Falling Star, which follows the downside of White Star Line, they had planned some ships like Ceric & Germanic to take Titanic & Britannic's place after the latters sank, Titanic in the North Atlantic & Britannic off the coast of Kea, Greece in the Agean Sea.