Editing HMHS Britannic (section)

=== Rumoured name-change ===
[[File:Britannic under construction.jpg|thumb|The [[Arrol Gantry]] towering above ''Britannic'', circa 1914]]
Although the White Star Line and the [[Harland and Wolff]] shipyard always denied it,<ref name="Bonsall" /><ref name="name_dispute">{{cite web |url=http://www.ocean-liners.com/ships/britannic.asp |title=HMHS Britannic |publisher=ocean-liners.com |access-date=12 February 2006 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051219001335/http://www.ocean-liners.com/ships/britannic.asp |archive-date=19 December 2005 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> some sources claim that ''Britannic'' was to be named ''Gigantic'', but her name was changed so as not to compete with ''Titanic'' or create comparisons.<ref name="britannic_name">{{cite book |last1=Bonner |first1=Kit |last2=Bonner |first2=Carolyn |title=Great Ship Disasters |page=60 |publisher=MBI Publishing Company |year=2003 |isbn=0-7603-1336-9}}</ref>{{sfnp|Lynch|2012|page=161}} One source is a poster of the ship with the name ''Gigantic'' at the top.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.20thcenturyliners.com/wsl_britannic_gallery.htm |title=White Star Line |publisher=20thcenturyliners.com |access-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624131511/http://www.20thcenturyliners.com/wsl_britannic_gallery.htm |archive-date=24 June 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Other sources are November 1911 American newspapers stating the White Star order for ''Gigantic'' being placed, as well as other newspapers from around the world both during construction and immediately after the sinking of the ''Titanic''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/89907443?searchTerm=titanic+gigantic |title=24 Apr 1912 – WHITE STAR'S NEXT GREAT LINER. – Trove |publisher=Trove.nla.gov.au |date=1912-04-24 |accessdate=2022-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15291918?searchTerm=titanic+gigantic |title=25 Nov 1911 – A MAMMOTH STEAMER. – Trove |publisher=Trove.nla.gov.au |date=1911-11-25 |accessdate=2022-02-27}}</ref><ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99062034/1911-11-27/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1911&sort=relevance&rows=20&words=Titanic&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=8&state=&date2=1911&proxtext=Titanic&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=4 The Madison Daily Leader] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005030806/https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99062034/1911-11-27/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1911&sort=relevance&rows=20&words=Titanic&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=8&state=&date2=1911&proxtext=Titanic&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=4 |date=5 October 2018 }} 27 November 1911..Retrieved 4 October 2018</ref><ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92070417/1911-11-21/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=1911&sort=relevance&rows=20&words=Titanic&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=16&state=&date2=1911&proxtext=Titanic&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=3 Las Vegas Optic: "1,000 FOOT SHIP MAY DOCK IN NEW YORK"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005071825/https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92070417/1911-11-21/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=1911&sort=relevance&rows=20&words=Titanic&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=16&state=&date2=1911&proxtext=Titanic&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=3 |date=5 October 2018 }}, 21 November 1911..Retrieved 4 October 2018</ref>

Tom McCluskie stated that in his capacity as archive manager and historian at Harland and Wolff, he "never saw any official reference to the name ''Gigantic'' being used or proposed for the third of the ''Olympic''-class vessels".<ref name="Milford">[http://www.jmilford-titanic.com/2013/10/what-happened-to-gigantic.html Joshua Milford: ''What happened to Gigantic?''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305141359/http://www.jmilford-titanic.com/2013/10/what-happened-to-gigantic.html |date=5 March 2016 }} Website viewed 9 June 2014</ref><ref name="Chirnside">[http://www.markchirnside.co.uk/Gigantic_Dossier.html Mark Chirnside: ''Gigantic Dossier''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204908/http://www.markchirnside.co.uk/Gigantic_Dossier.html |date=3 March 2016 }} Website viewed 1 May 2012</ref> Some hand-written changes were added to the order book and dated January 1912. These only dealt with the ship's moulded width, not her name.<ref name="Chirnside" />