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Bookmark or Share- Olympic sailings in 1912 | Encyclopedia Titanica Message BoardSo was RMS Olympic in port of Southampton from 23-March until at least 6-Apr but then set sail for New York in order to be on return trip when Titanic foundered ? Also interesting that in May, there was a mutiny where 53 fireman refused to sail due to the collapsible lifeboats added to Olympic as a result of the Titanic disaster.
- Olympic & Titanic : Building of the Hulls - Encyclopedia TitanicaRiveting. Some idea of the great importance of the riveting in the Olympic and Titanic will be gathered from the fact that there are half a million rivets in the double bottom of each vessel, weighing about 270 tons, the largest rivets being 1¼. diameter ; while in each ship when completed there will be something like three million rivets, weighing about 1,200 tons.
- Olympic Deck Plan | Encyclopedia Titanica Message BoardHi Chris / Daniel This may answer your questions. (apologies for the capital letters) LOT 245 R.M.S. TITANIC: COL. J.J. ASTOR - JAN 1911 CORRECTED MARCH 1911 WHITE STAR LINE R.M.S. OLYMPIC PLAN OF 1st CLASS ACCOMMODATION, PENCIL NOTATIONS RECORD-HOLDING SUITES C75-77 800.00 U.S DOLLARS.
- Last Lap of the Largest - Encyclopedia TitanicaAPRIL tenth, 1912 – A day tinged with sadness for the RMS Olympic. She put in to New York for the last time as the Ship of Superlatives, or so she thought. The next White Star Line leviathan to dock here would simultaneously be announcing her arrival as the largest vessel in the world. And she had a name to match – Titanic.
- RMS Olympic Marconi Operator - Encyclopedia TitanicaThat, or “The old man wants you on the Bridge,” – too corny to carry weight with any seasoned “Sparks.” So, when the 1st Wireless Officer of RMS Olympic, E. J. Moore, awakened me with such lack of originality, I wasn’t impressed and said so as boldly as any junior may to his senior. But Ernie was serious.
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