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.

2024年1月26日 · On a foggy night⁤ in 1934, the proud RMS Olympic, sister ship of the ill-fated Titanic, met ⁢her own unfortunate ⁢end. Now,‍ more than 85 years later, the wreck of this⁤ once glorious‌ ocean liner continues to intrigue and captivate explorers and historians alike.

2023年1月28日 · The Titanic was not secretly switched with a sister ship, the Olympic, before setting sail. Maritime historians agree that it would have been impossible and a variety of evidence is available to prove the Titanic sank.

2022年5月26日 · RMS Olympic‘s collision and the sinking of the RMS Titanic. While the RMS Olympic‘s first four voyages went according to plan, the fifth was when tragedy first struck the luxury liner. On September 20, 1911, Olympic collided with HMS Hawke, an Edgar-class British cruiser, in the Solent strait.

2018年12月19日 · But it wasn’t proof against heavy fogs like the one that covered the sea on the night of the 15th. The Olympic rammed the lightship bow-to-bow, cleaving the smaller ship in half. Seven of 11 crew members died when the lightship sank. Investigators blamed the RMS Olympic for the accident.

2024年4月19日 · Five voyages into her career, under the command of Captain E.J. Smith, Olympic suffered a collision with the British naval cruiser HMS Hawke, the worst in the ship's entire life. Running parallel in the Solent Straight, the HMS Hawke suddenly veered into the side of Olympic, sucked in by the ship's huge propellers.

2023年12月6日 · In one dramatic encounter, the RMS Olympic faced off against the German submarine U-103. Displaying remarkable agility for its size, the Olympic rammed the U-boat, a testament to both the ship’s construction and the daring of its crew.

2016年2月2日 · In the early hours of 12 May 1918, U-103 prepared to launch torpedoes from her stern tubes at RMS Olympic, the sister ship of the ill-fated RMS Titanic, which was en route for France with US troops on board.

2022年4月15日 · All three were built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast, but the stories of the Olympic and Britannic were overshadowed by their middle sister’s legend. Here’s what happened to the Titanic ’s two...

2011年11月17日 · More than 1,400 passengers lined her decks as the ship departed Southampton on the morning of April 24, a mere 10 days after Titanic struck the iceberg. It was an impressive turn-around, but the voyage was not to be. (Courtesy Günter Babler)