Grand Staircase of the RMS Titanic the "Olympic", whose B-Deck aft foyer was much smaller because of additional cabins and storage rooms. There was no reception area on the "Olympic" until the 1913 refit, which expanded the restaurant and added a reception area in emulation of "Titanic". On "Titanic" two additional en-suite staterooms were installed off of the A-Deck aft staircase, decreasing the size of the surrounding foyer in comparison to "Olympic". When Robert Ballard discovered the wreck of the "Titanic" in 1985, he found only a gaping well in the place that the Staircase had once occupied. The deck house that once formed the Boat
Sinking of the RMS Titanic believed that ice posed little risk; close calls were not uncommon, and even head-on collisions had not been disastrous. In 1907, , a German liner, had rammed an iceberg and suffered a crushed bow, but was still able to complete her voyage. That same year, "Titanic"s future captain, Edward Smith, declared in an interview that he could not "imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that." As "Titanic" approached her fatal collision, most passengers had gone to bed and command of the bridge had passed from Second Officer Charles Lightoller to First