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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 .
Olympic was the largest British-built ship in the world for over 20 years until the commissioning of Queen Mary in 1936. Titanic ' s story has been adapted into many books, films, and television programs and Britannic was the inspiration of a film of the same name in 2000.
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.
Armchairs and sofas upholstered in blue were provided just off the staircases and potted palms in raised holders dotted each level. On the Boat Deck level was an upright piano allowing the ship's orchestra to hold impromptu concerts in the stairwell. The Grand Staircase of the Olympic with the famous clock, thought to be identical to the one on ...
RMS Olympic in dazzle at Pier 2 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In wartime Halifax, Lismer was inspired by the shipping and naval activity of the port, notably the dramatically painted dazzle camouflaged ships with their patterns of curved and zigzag lines designed to mislead German U-boats and submarines.
For instance, the U.S. warships USS Iowa, USS New Jersey, USS Missouri, and USS Wisconsin are all sister ships, each being an Iowa-class battleship. Perhaps the most famous sister ships were the White Star Line's Olympic-class ocean liners trio, consisting of RMS Titanic, HMHS Britannic and RMS Olympic. As with some other liners, the sisters ...
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HMT Olympic, RMS Titanic's sister ship, in dazzle camouflage while in service as a World War I troopship, from September 1915 The historian Sam Willis argued that since Wilkinson knew it was impossible to make a ship invisible with paint, the "extreme opposite" [ 22 ] was the answer, using conspicuous shapes and violent colour contrasts to ...