The Olympic Class Ships: Olympic, Titanic, Britannic
Dec 6, 2004 · Because they figure large as the competition, there is also a short chapter on Cunard’s speed demons Lusitania and Mauretania. With the introductions taken care of, the text jumps right into “The Birth of the Olympic s”, the story of the planning, building and launching of Olympic and Titanic. This chapter is almost a mini Shipbuilder ...
The 'Olympic' Class Ships: Olympic, Titanic, Britannic (Revised …
Jan 3, 2012 · Even rarer are books that devote any space to the third of the class, Britannic. Thus it was a welcome addition to literary history when, in 2004, a young historian named Mark Chirnside wrote The Olympic-Class Ships: Olympic, Titanic, Britannic. Mark has since updated this book extensively and it was republished by The History Press in 2011.
Olympic, Titanic & Britannic: An Issue of Finance
by Mark Chirnside. One remarkable statistic is that the cost of building the three ‘ Olympic ’ class ships was more, in cash terms, than the value of the entire White Star Line fleet as at September 1908. That month, the company’s twenty-three ships were worth £4,850,000. Olympic and her sisters comfortably exceeded that.
Olympic Titanic Britannic: The anatomy and evolution of the …
The Titanic. The Britannic. The Olympic. They are some of the most famous ships in history but for the wrong reasons. This unique book tells the extraordinary story of these three extraordinary ships from the bottom up, starting with their conception and construction (and later their modification) and following their very different careers.
Olympic, Titanic, Britannic: An Illustrated History of the Olympic ...
At the beginning of the twentieth century, competition between the North Atlantic shipping lines was fierce. While Britain responded to the commercial threat posed by the growing German merchant marine, there was also rivalry between the great Cunard Line and its chief competitor, the White Star Line. Against this backdrop, Olympic, Titanic and Britannic were conceived. …
Titanic and her Sisters Olympic and Britannic (Shipcraft)
Titanic and her Sisters Olympic and Britannic (Shipcraft) (0 customer reviews) £ 12.18. This is the first volume in a series devoted to the most famous liner of all time. Apart from Titanic herself, this volume also covers her sister ships Olympic and Britannic which enjoyed longer and more varied careers, including wartime service as ...
Bob Read’s Britannic and Olympic plans - Encyclopedia Titanica
Jul 25, 2021 · Member. Aug 27, 2022. #7. I'm working on modifying previous Shipbucket drawings of Olympic (1911 vers) and Titanic by D. Briedis (aka, CanisD). The problem is that I started this project only recently and Titanic CAD plans had suspended operations …
Olympic & Titanic: Refining a Design - Encyclopedia Titanica
Britannic: Similar refinements were made to the Britannic, the third ship in the Olympic class, based on the experience with the Olympic and Titanic. Other Liners : Cunard’s Aquitania and HAPAG’s Bismarck (later White Star’s Majestic) also incorporated additional riveting in …
The mystery of Titanic's central propeller - Encyclopedia Titanica
RMS Olympic: Titanic’s Sister, Tempus Publishing, 2004) It may have been the case that Olympic’s three-bladed central propeller paid the price for increased efficiency at the expense of increased vibration, and so the shipbuilders subsequently reverted to a four-bladed one. Britannic certainly had a four-bladed one.
The ‘Olympic’ Class Ships: Olympic, Titanic & Britannic
The intensifying competition on the North Atlantic in the early years of the twentieth century led the White Star Line to order three huge liners. While their British rival, the Cunard Line, focused on speed, White Star concentrated on size and luxury. Orders were placed for Olympic and Titanic to be built at Harland & Wolff ’s yard in Belfast, while the third sister ship, Britannic, …