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2,435 passengers. Crew. 950. RMS Olympic was a British ocean liner and the lead ship of the White Star Line 's trio of Olympic -class liners. Olympic had a career spanning 24 years from 1911 to 1935, in contrast to her short-lived sister ships, Titanic and Britannic.
Many of Olympic’s fixtures and fittings were auctioned off, and some can be seen today in places such as the SeaCity Museum in Southampton, UK and the White Swan in Alnwick, UK. RMS Olympic was a White Star Line ship and sister to the ill-fated Titanic, launched in February 1910.
Olympic, British luxury liner that was a sister ship of the Titanic and the Britannic. It was in service from 1911 to 1935. To compete with the Cunard Line for the highly profitable transatlantic passenger trade, the White Star Line decided to create a class of liners noted more for comfort than.
Apr 4, 2023 · The 'Old Reliable' - A Brief History of RMS Olympic. Updated: Oct 6, 2023. Often overshadowed in fame by her younger, and infamous sister, the Titanic, the RMS Olympic had a long and incredibly successful career of her own. The first of White Star Line's three 'Olympic Class' ships, the Olympic commenced her maiden voyage in 1911, enduring a ...
The Olympic – the world’s newest, largest and most luxurious ocean liner – made her maiden voyage on June 14, 1911. Aboard was J. Bruce Ismay, Chairman of the White Star Line and son of the Line’s founder. Also aboard was Harland & Wolff’s Thomas Andrews, nephew of Harland & Wolff’s Lord Pirrie.
Oct 20, 2020 · By John Edwards Ocean Liners. Launched on 20 October 1910, White Star Line’s Olympic (1911) was heralded as the world’s largest and grandest liner, and the forerunner of an entire new class of superliners. Yet Olympic was soon doomed to sail in the shadow of her slightly larger sister ship, Titanic, launched in May 1911.
