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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.
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 ...
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 of the HMS Hawke was found in "remarkable" condition this summer by a volunteer team of divers about ... Hole torn in the hull of 'RMS Olympic' after the collision with 'HMS Hawke' in ...
HMS Hawke, launched in 1891 from Chatham Dockyard, was the seventh Royal Navy warship to be named Hawke.She was an Edgar-class protected cruiser.. After commissioning in 1893, Hawke served in the Mediterranean Fleet, the International Squadron during the Cretan Revolt (1897–1898), and various other duties, including transporting relief crews to naval stations.
The Old Reliable, RMS Olympic Nov, 15, 2017; The wreck Site, RMS Alcantara Allen Toney, 2006; Titanic ' s unsinkable stoker Peter Engberg-Klarström, Brian Ticehurst, Bill Wormstedt, "Mr. Arthur John Priest" 2017; Forgotten Wrecks of the First World War Beresford, Katherine. Maritime Archaeology Trust. 22 November 2017
SM U-103 [Note 1] was an Imperial German Navy Type U 57 U-boat that was rammed and sunk by HMT Olympic during the First World War. U-103 was built by AG Weser in Bremen, launched on 9 June 1917 and commissioned 15 July 1917.
RMS Oceanic was a transatlantic ocean liner built for the White Star Line. She sailed on her maiden voyage on 6 September 1899 and was the largest ship in the world until 1901. [ 1 ] At the outbreak of World War I she was converted into an armed merchant cruiser .