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RMS Olympic passes Nantucket Lightship 117 in early 1934. 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 ]
Olympic responded extremely rapidly to the accident. The portside emergency lifeboat had already been swung outboard and was lowered just before Olympic came to a halt. The starboard emergency boat was launched a few minutes later, along with one of Olympic ' s motor boats. [9] The scene was described by The New York Times:
Light Vessel 117, serving at the Lightship Nantucket position from 1931, was rammed and sunk on 15 May 1934 by Olympic, a sister ship to Titanic, with loss of seven of the eleven crew aboard. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] The $300,956 cost of the replacement vessel, to be designated LV-112 , was paid for by the British Government in compensation for the ...
Picture-perfect Nantucket is brimming with charm at every turn, thanks to classic shingle-style architecture, chic shops and restaurants, working lighthouses, and of course, boats and beaches.
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.
For the first time, athletes from around the world made their grand entrance to the Olympic Games via boat. Each national delegation sailed down the “ main artery “ of Paris, the Seine River.
The federal government has ordered an offshore wind developer off Nantucket Island, a popular summer tourist destination in Massachusetts, to suspend operations after parts of a damaged turbine ...
The Steamship Authority's ferry to Nantucket island has been operated by many vessels, including: Nantucket, a sidewheel steam ferry in service 1886 to 1910; Nantucket, the former Nobska, in service 1928 to 1956; SS Nantucket, in service 1957 to 1974, then renamed Naushon; MV Nantucket, in service since 1974