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This month’s ocean linerRMS Olympic

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New Real lifePictures

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Issue 20 21st April 2011

Pictures from SSA new month and a fresh set of pictures from Ship Simulator Extremes.

Competitions PageThe usual quizzes and word searches including ‘Guess the Ship’ as well as a newword search puzzle.

MediaView the winning picture for last month’s ‘Picture of the Month’ competitionand some new ShipSim pictures.

Real Life PicturesA selection of pictures from the maritime world.

Ocean Liners PageThis month we take a break from the French theme and move across the EnglishChannel to Belfast.

WardroomSSM notices, contributors as well as a look at Issue 21 of ShipSim Magazine.

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Ocean Liners

RMS Olympic was the first ofthree large ocean linersconstructed for the White StarLine to compete against thesuccessful Cunard liners (Lusitaniaand Mauretania).In addition to the Olympic, theother sister ships were theGigantic (Britannic) and theTitanic.

Harland & Wolff shipyards inBelfast, N. Ireland built these‘Olympic class’ ships, andupgraded the shipyard toaccommodate the large size ofhulls.

The keel of Olympic was laid inDecember 1908 and she waslaunched on the 20th October,1910.

Externally the Olympic had cleanlines, using smaller air ventsassisted with ventilation throughthe fourth ‘dummy’ funnel. Insideshe was luxurious, and even hadan indoor Arabian swimming pool.

Her maiden voyage fromSouthampton to New Yorkcommenced on the 14th June,1911, during which she was theworld’s largest liner.

On the 20th September, 1911,while commanded by CaptainSmith (lost with the Titanic) theOlympic collided offSouthampton with the cruiserHMS Hawke, flooding two of hercompartments and twisting thepropeller shaft. Repairs at theshipyard in Belfast delayed theconstruction of the Titanic.

In 1912-13, following the loss ofthe Titanic, Olympic returned to

Belfast and was fitted with extralifeboats and had its bulkheadsstrengthened.World War I saw a decline inpassenger numbers as Germanyhad threatened to sink the liner.

Olympic participated in the war,attempting to tow the HMSAudacious which had beendamaged by a mine. AlthoughAudacious later sunk, thesurvivors had been transferred tothe Olympic. She also was dazzlepainted and used for a fast trooptransport. On 12th May, 1918 theOlympic rammed and sank theGerman submarine U-103 whichhad been preparing to torpedo her.

The Olympic returned to Belfastafter the war to be refitted forcivilian service. During this refitthe she was converted to burn oilinstead of coal.

She remained popular until theonset of the Great Depression.

In 1934 the White Star Line andCunard Line merged , leading tothe Olympic retiring in 1935.She was ultimately scrapped takingtwo years to complete, inInverkeithing, Scotland in 1937.�

Welcome to the Ocean Liners page, produced in association with OceanLiners.com. Thismonth we take a break from the French theme and cross the channel with RMS Olympic.

Olympic FactsHistory of the Olympic

Built: 1908

Builder: Harland & Wolff

Length: 269m

Beam: 28.2m

Speed: 21kn

Fate: Scrapped 1937

Timeline:

1908: Laid down.

1910: Launched

1911: Maiden voyage

1911: Collided with HMS Hawke

1918: Rammed and sank German submarine

1937: Scrapping completed

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Editor/ Creator: ShipAddict

Monthly contributors:

Chitch, OceanLiners.com

Written contributions:

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Pictorial contributions:

Ralphy, Ian Toms

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Panama Canal www.panamacanal.com Panama Canal site.

Marine Traffic AIS www.marinetraffic.com/ais Vessel tracker.

Professional Mariner www.professionalmariner.com Maritime magazine.

Ships Monthly www.shipsmonthly.com Maritime magazine.

Maritime News www.marinelink.com Maritime magazine.

Marine Log www.marinelog.com Maritime magazine.

Baird Maritime www.bairdmaritime.com Online news.

Marine Link www.marinelink.com Maritime magazine.

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