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HMHS Britannic (originally to be the RMS Britannic) (/ b r ɪ ˈ t æ n ɪ k /) was the third and final vessel of the White Star Line's Olympic class of steamships and the second White Star ship to bear the name Britannic. She was the youngest sister of the RMS Olympic and the RMS Titanic and was intended to enter service as a transatlantic ...
Olympic became the largest ship in the world when it was completed in May, 1911 before losing the title to its sister Titanic when she was completed in April, 1912. After the loss of Titanic , the third ship Britannic claimed the title of largest British-built ship, until her own sinking in November 1916.
Violet Constance Jessop (2 October 1887 – 5 May 1971) was an Irish-Argentine ocean liner stewardess and Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse in the early 20th century. Jessop is best known for having survived the sinking of both RMS Titanic in 1912 and her sister ship HMHS Britannic in 1916, as well as having been aboard the eldest of the three sister ships, RMS Olympic, when it collided with the ...
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.
Vanished at sea sometime after 11 February 1893. Sister ship of SS Bovic: Bovic: 1892: 1892–1922: 6,583: Launched in 1892 by Harland and Wolff for White Star serving trans-Atlantic routes. Sold to Leyland Line in 1922 under Colonian and scrapped at Rotterdam in 1928. Gothic: 1893: 1893–1906: 7,755
The cat’s early days on the Titanic. According to Catster, Jenny previously lived on the Titanic’s sister ship, the Olympic. After her transfer to the gargantuan ocean liner, the feline was ...
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.
Titanic ' s Captain Edward Smith had felt the ship was close enough that he ordered the first lifeboats launched on the port side to row over to the ship, drop off the passengers, and come back to Titanic for more. Moreover, lifeboat occupants reported the other ship's lights were seen from the lifeboats throughout the night; one lifeboat rowed ...