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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 .
The wreck was discovered in 2006. Lamartine United States: 17 May 1893 A schooner that sank in a storm off Gloucester. The wreck was discovered in 2004. Louise B. Crary United States: 1902 A schooner that collided with Frank A. Palmer off Gloucester. Margaret United States: 7 January 1796
Lightship 117 at Nantucket was sideswiped by the SS Washington in early 1934, and four months later, on 15 May 1934, she was rammed and sunk by the British White Star ship RMS Olympic homing in on its radio beacon in dense fog. [3] Four men went down with the ship and seven survivors were picked up by the Olympic. Three survivors later died of ...
Divers also looked at contemporary charts of the North Sea to help pinpoint the possible wreck site. ... Hole torn in the hull of 'RMS Olympic' after the collision with 'HMS Hawke' in the Solent ...
The expedition was the first to venture to the wreck site since the Titan submersible disaster that claimed the lives of five people last summer. RMS Titanic Inc., which holds the legal rights to ...
The Olympic-class ocean liners were a trio of British ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line during the early 20th century, named Olympic (1911), Titanic (1912) and Britannic (1915). All three were designated to be the largest as well as most luxurious liners of the era, devised to provide White Star an ...
The wreck site was discovered in September 1985, more than 12,000 feet below sea level. It lies in two parts, with the bow and the stern separated by about 2,600 feet. ... RMS Titanic Inc ...
SS Nomadic is a former tender of the White Star Line, launched on 25 April 1911 at Belfast, that is now on display in Belfast's Titanic Quarter.She was built to transfer passengers and mail to and from the ocean liners RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic.