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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.
Second in line of the Olympic class, Titanic was launched on 31 May 1911, [48] and her commissioning was slightly delayed due to ongoing repairs of Olympic. [49] The ship left the port of Southampton 10 April 1912 for her maiden voyage, narrowly avoiding a collision with SS New York , a ship moored in the port pulled by the propellers of Titanic .
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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.
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.
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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
The images show the ship in two parts, with the stern separated from the bow by around 2,600ft (800 metres). Watch: First full-size scan of Titanic reveals haunting new details of shipwreck Skip ...