You probably know about the Titanic, but it was actually just one of three state-of-the art (最先进的) ocean ships back in the day. The Olympic class ships were built by the Harland & Wolff ship makers in Northern Ireland for the White Star Line company. The Olympic class included the...
You probably know about the Titanic, but it was actually just one of three state-of-the art(最先进的)ocean ships back in the day. The Olympic class ships were built by the Harland & Wolff ship makers in Northern Ireland for the White Star Line company. The Olympic class included the Ol...
But it's central to understanding how the Titanic was designed... and how it all went wrong.但它对于理解泰坦尼克号的设计方式至关重要……以及这一切是如何出错的。The Titanic actually had more lifeboats than was required by British law.泰坦尼克号上其实上拥有比英国法律要求更多的救生艇。The Merchant...
Olympic, British luxury liner that was a sister ship of the Titanic and the Britannic. It was in service from 1911 to 1935. To compete with the Cunard Line for the highly profitable transatlantic passenger trade, the White Star Line decided to create a c
Smith was well liked by both crew members and passengers—he earned the nickname the “Millionaire’s Captain” for his popularity with wealthy travelers—and he became White Star’s senior captain. In 1912 he left command of theOlympicto helm theTitanicon its maiden voyage fromSouthampton,Englan...
The Titanic, the largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage was actually one of three sister ships. The Olympic, Titanic, and, Britannic were very similar in size (approx 882ft long) and accommodations. The Titanic was the middle sister weighing in at 46,328 gross tons, only ...
The same year that Cunard unveiled its two magnificent liners, J. Bruce Ismay, chief executive of White Star, discussed the construction of three large ships with William J. Pirrie, chairman of the shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff. Part of a new “Olympic” class of liners, each ship...
wrong with both escape and non-escape. Survival is an instinctive desire of human beings, and it is inherent, while not fearing death is the highest level that human beings can reach. Therefore, in the face of death, whether we choose to live or to die, there is actually nothing wrong....
The Titanic was one of three luxury Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line, which also included the HMHS Britannic and RMS Olympic. "The Olympic is unsinkable, and Titanic will be the same when she is put in commission," said Captain John Smith, who helmed the doomed...
Titanic: Birth of a Legend: Directed by William Lyons. With Charles Dance, Gordon Langford Rowe, Charles Lawson, Damian O'Hare. Dramatised documentary which follows the lives of the men who designed and built Titanic and her sister ship Olympic at the Ha