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The Olympic-Class Ships: Olympic, Titanic, Britannic

by Mark Chirnside

The Olympic-Class Ships: Olympic, Titanic, Britannic Cover

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Publisher Comments:

Sitting around a dining room table in 1907, the owners of the White Star Line discussed their competition to the newly-built Cunard liners, Lusitania and Mauretania. From that smoke-filled room came the first designs of three White Star superliners, Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic. Each ship was subtly different. Lessons learned from the service of Olympic were put into practice for Titanic. With the loss, on her maiden voyage, of Titanic, the hull design was radically changed for the third sister ship. The new double hull, however, did not prevent Britannic from sinking in less than an hour in the Aegean after she hit a German mine in 1916. Illustrated with many rare images of all three vessels, only one of which survived in regular service, this is the definitive history of the most famous sister ships of all time.

Book News Annotation:

Chirnside's story of the three Harland & Wolff Olympic-class ships acknowledges the public's fascination with the Titanic, but also directs attention to the equally compelling sagas of the Olympic and the Britannia. The comprehensive study of the ships includes reports from their passengers, descriptions of their lavish appointments, and details of the catastrophes that each experienced. The volume is illustrated with rare images of the vessels and supplemented with trial testimony and comparisons of these ships with their contemporaries. Distributed in the US by Trafalgar Square Publishing.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

The definitive history of the most famous sister ships of all time: Olympic, Titanic and Britannic.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780752428680
Subtitle:
Olympic, Titanic, Britannic
Manufactured:
Tempus Publishing
Author:
Chirnside, Mark
Publisher:
Tempus Publishing, Limited
Location:
N
Subject:
History
Subject:
Ships & Shipbuilding - History
Subject:
Ocean liners
Subject:
Titanic (Steamship)
Subject:
Ocean liners -- Great Britain -- History.
Copyright:
2004
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Revealing History
Publication Date:
September 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
349
Dimensions:
1000x700
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