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After Titanic sank, a rumor began to circulate that the White Star Line had indeed planned to name the third ship "Gigantic", but then changed the name after the Titanic sank to avoid the appearance of arrogance.
24 Ιουλ 2000 · Claim: The sister ship to the Olympic and Titanic was originally intended to be named the Gigantic. Status: True. Origins: The. Titanic was originally conceived by the White Star Company as one...
Here's a website that goes over some detail about the names of all three ships. The most convincing evidence I've seen either way was the order for the anchor of vessel 433, named "Gigantic." I'm of the conviction it settles the debate in favour of the name change.
Description: SCP-5238 is an anomaly complex surrounding the concept and physical form of RMS Gigantic, an ocean liner built for the White Star Line in Belfast, Ireland between 1911 and 1914.
22 Μαρ 2019 · Gigantic made only a few transatlantic crossings before being recalled to England at White Star Line's orders in 1915 in the wake of the RMS Lusitania's sinking by the Germans. She was requisitioned by the British Admiralty while docked in Southampton to serve as a troopship in the First World War, receiving the "Hired Military Transport ...
Intended to be the third ship in the trio of express liners conceived by Lord Pirrie and Bruce Ismay, the Gigantic was laid down in November 1911, almost six months after the launch of the Titanic, the idea being to incorporate improvements in her based on service experience with her two sisters.
HMHS Britannic (originally to be the RMS Britannic) (/ b r ɪ ˈ t æ n ɪ k /) was the third and final vessel of the White Star Line's Olympic class of steamships and the second White Star ship to bear the name Britannic.
