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  2. Olympic-class ocean liner - Wikipedia

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    Although two of the vessels did not achieve successful enough legacies, they are amongst the most famous ocean liners ever built; Both Olympic and Titanic enjoyed the distinction of being the largest ships in the world. Olympic was the largest British-built ship in the world for over 20 years until the commissioning of Queen Mary in 1936.

  3. Titanic - Wikipedia

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    Edward Smith, captain of Titanic, on board the Olympic in 1911. Titanic had about 885 crew members on board for the maiden voyage. [108] Like other vessels of the time, Titanic did not have a permanent crew, and the vast majority of crew members were casual workers who only came aboard the ship a few hours before sailing from Southampton. [109]

  4. Timeline of largest passenger ships - Wikipedia

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    The term "largest passenger ship" has evolved over time to also include ships by length as supertankers built by the 1970s were over 400 metres (1,300 ft) long. In the modern era the term has gradually fallen out of use in favor of "largest cruise ship" as the industry has shifted to cruising rather than transatlantic ocean travel. [1]

  5. Want to embark on the world's biggest cruise ship? These 10 ...

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    The Titanic was about 883 feet long and had a gross tonnage of 46,329 tons – it’s sizable, but much smaller than the world’s biggest ship; the Icon of the Seas which is 1,200 feet long and ...

  6. RMS Olympic - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. World’s largest cruise ship – five times the size of Titanic ...

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    The world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, set sail for the first time on Saturday (27 January). It has overtaken sister ship Wonder of the Seas to claim the title ...

  8. 'Titanic will literally never look the same' after ... - AOL

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    One of the most recognizable parts of the Titanic has fallen off after more than a century on the ocean floor. The story of the ship's historic wreck was immortalized by James Cameron's eponymous ...

  9. Four-funnel liner - Wikipedia

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    Olympic (left) and Titanic (right). A four-funnel liner, also known as a four-stacker, is an ocean liner with four funnels.. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, launched in 1897, was the first ocean liner to have four funnels and was one of the first of the golden era of ocean liners that became prominent in the 20th century.