Dimensions
246 x 168 x 13mm
Launched in 1910, the Olympic was the first of a series of three sisterships, the others being Titanic and Britannic. She was, of the three, the only one to sail successfully for her owners.
We all know the fate of Titanic but Britannic sank after hitting a mine, without ever carrying a fare-paying passenger. Nick-named the `Old Reliable' and the `Ship Magnificent', Olympic was a ship of superlatives.
Despite an early collision with HMS Hawke, and the loss of her sister ship, Titanic, Olympic served during the First World War as a troopship, sinking a submarine during her war career, before continuing her career post-war.
Refitted immediately after the war's end, Olympic re-entered service on the New York- Southampton run. She continued her successful career until the merger of Cunard and White Star and was laid up soon after, being sold for scrap to Sir John Jarvis in Jarrow.
Making a final arrival into the Tyne on 13 October 1935, her fixtures were sold and she was scrapped, ending an era of super-luxury White Star liners.
