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Olympic class ocean liner
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RMS Olympic |
| Class overview |
| Builders: |
Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Ireland |
| Operators: |
White Star Line |
| Built: |
1908-1914 |
| In service: |
1911-1935 |
| Building: |
0 |
| Planned: |
3 |
| Completed: |
3 |
| Active: |
0 |
| Laid up: |
0 |
| Lost: |
2 |
| Retired: |
1 |
| Preserved: |
0 |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Ocean liner |
| Tonnage: |
app. 46,000 gross |
| Displacement: |
app. 52,500 tons |
| Length: |
882 ft 9 in (269.1 m) |
| Beam: |
92 ft 6 in (28.2 m) |
| Height: |
app. 60 ft (18 m) above water line |
| Draught: |
34 ft 7 in (10.5 m) |
| Installed power: |
24 double-ended (six furnace) and 5 single-ended (three furnace) Scotch boilers. Two four-cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating engines each producing 15,000 hp from 215-psi steam for the outer two propellers at 75 revolutions per minute. One low-pressure turbine producing 16,000 hp from 9 psi absolute exhausting into the partial vacuum of a condenser for the centre propeller. 59,000 hp was produced at maximum revolutions |
| Propulsion: |
Two bronze triple-blade side propellers.
One bronze quadruple-blade central propeller |
| Speed: |
21 kn (38.9 km/h/24.2 mph) |
| Capacity: |
3,295 passengers,officers,and crew |
| Notes: |
cost app. USD 7.5 million |
The Olympic-class ocean liners were a trio of ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line in the early 20th century. Although the three were the largest and most luxurious of their time, two were lost early in their careers: Titanic in the famous disaster on the morning of 15 April 1912, and HMHS (Hospital Ship) Britannic was mined by the Germans during World War I. Olympic, the eldest sister and namesake of the class, continued in service until 1935, and was broken up in 1937.
Fatalities
| Name of Ship |
Deaths before completion |
Deaths after completion |
| RMS Olympic |
None |
8, a person jumped overboard during a voyage, and the Olympic also caused 7 deaths when it cut a light ship in two. |
| RMS Titanic |
2citation needed |
estimated 1,522 in sinking |
| HMHS Britannic |
None |
30 in sinking |
March 6, 1912: Titanic (right) had to be moved out of the drydock so her sister Olympic, which had lost a propeller, could have it replaced.
This images show the difference between Titanic and Olympic's A & B decks. Olympic's A deck is open, while the one in Titanic is enclosed. The sidelight configuration at the B deck level is different also between the "twin ships" given that it was a promenade in Olympic and this space was occupied by cabins in Titanic
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