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Damage to the Olympic under the waterline.. The collision took place as Olympic and Hawke were running parallel to each other through the Solent.As Olympic turned to starboard, the wide radius of her turn took the commander of Hawke, William Frederick Blunt, by surprise, and he was unable to take sufficient avoiding action. [3]
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 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 ...
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The two tenders left the Olympic at the exit of Belfast Lough, at the mouth of the Lagan, to head for Cherbourg. [12] Sailing at a maximum speed of 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph), they reached their destination on 3 June 1911. [13] Traffic serving Olympic via the Third Class entrance located at the bow, pre-Titanic disaster
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RMS Olympic passes Nantucket Lightship 117 close aboard in early January 1934. She sank the lightship four months later. [2] LV-117 was a lightvessel of the United States Lighthouse Service. Launched in 1931, she operated as the Nantucket lightship south of Nantucket Shoals.