White Star Line History of the WSL Founders and Beginnings "Oceanic" Class of Liners The First WSL Liners "The Big Four" Preparing for the "Olympic Class" Post WW1 and Merger with Cunard" RMS Olympic Construction Maiden Voyage and Career ...
She was the last of White Star's \"big four\" of 1901 to 1907, the success of which led to the company's Olympic-class giants.William A. FoxSteamboat bill
Also aboard the Olympic for the maiden voyage was Mr. J. Bruce Ismay of the White Star Line, being the son of the Line's founder; as well as Harland & Wolff's Mr. Thomas Andrews, who was the nephew of Lord Pirrie. They were excited the way the Olympic handled, for she sailed li...
Britannic (II), the third Olympic class liner and the sister ship of Titanic, was serving as a World War One Hospital ship when she hit a mine in the Kea Channel, on 21st November 1916, and sank within 55 minutes. Today Britannic is now the largest passenger liner on the ocean floor....
The ships had nine decks, and White Star Line decided to focus on making them the most luxurious ships on the water. Stretching 269.13 meters, the Olympic class ships were wonders of naval technology, and everyone thought that they would continue to be so for quite some time. However, all...
“The First White Star Line Liners” RMS Teutonic (1889) RMS Teutonic (1889) TheTeutonicwas built by Harland and Wolff under keel number 208, launched on 19 January 1889 and completed on 25 July 1889. She was 582 feet long with a beam of 57.8 feet and had a gross tonnage of 9,984...
SS Nomadic (II) – built to transport first and second class passengers to Olympic and Titanic from Cherbourg – is now the last remaining White Star Line ship on the surface. Now recently restored to her original glory – Nomadic has now been opened to the public as a museum ship in Bel...
The Olympic suffered two crashes with other ships and went on to serve as a hospital ship and troop transport in World War I. Eventually, she was taken out of service in 1935, ending the era of the luxurious Olympic class ocean liners.What did White Star Line have in mind when it purc...
£5 million to build theQueen Elizabethand £1.5 million of working capital. The Cunard-White Star Line fleet consisted of 25 vessels. 15 of these were WSL vessels including theOlympic,MajesticandHomeric. The Oceanic Steam Navigation Company was wound up and the ships and the property were ...
theBelfastshipbuildingfirmHarland and Wolff, which constructed most of White Star’s vessels. The two men devised a plan to build a class of largelinersthat would be known for their comfort instead of their speed. It was eventually decided that three vessels would be constructed: theOlympic, ...