RMS OLYMPIC
Illustrations by Michael C Brady, 2020
‘THE LARGEST STEAMERS IN THE WORLD’
RMS Olympic was a ship with a legendary career - the first in a planned trio of sisters, her scale and luxury captivated the public when she was introduced in 1911. Olympic would go on to serve a long and successful career, as both a troop transport in wartime and as a liner over three decades.
‘OLYMPIC-CLASS’ LINER
LENGTH: 882’9”
BEAM: 92’6”
DRAUGHT: 34’7”
TONNAGE: 46,328 GRT
MAX SPEED: 24 KN
RMS OLYMPIC - 1911
Olympic’s maiden voyage was a momentous occasion for the White Star Line in 1911 and the Ship was met with a hero’s welcome when she arrived in New York.
RMS OLYMPIC - 1913
After the loss of her sister Titanic in 1912, Olympic was refitted with enhanced lifesaving equipment and luxurious fittings that made her exceed the size of her lost sister.
HMS OLYMPIC - 1916
When Olympic was first conscripted for use as a troop transport her superstructure was painted grey and her funnels blackened, along with the addition of a pair of guns forward and aft; she was ready to do her bit for the war effort!
COMING SOON
HMS OLYMPIC - 1917
Carving out a name for herself as a reliable transporter of soldiers, Olympic’s defensive armament was vastly improved and she wore this all-grey paintscheme in 1917.
COMING SOON
HMS OLYMPIC - 1917
Later in 1917 Olympic received her first ‘dazzle’-type camouflage, known as Number 19 type ‘A’.
COMING SOON
HMS OLYMPIC - 1918
This second ‘Dazzle’ scheme, Number 19 type ‘AX’ is the most-famous and elaborate of the two; it was in this guise that she famously rammed and sank a German U-Boat.
COMING SOON
HMS OLYMPIC - 1919
Returned to her owners for a clean-up Olympic was once more recalled to trooping duties in peacetime, returning Canadian soldiers to Halifax through 1919.
COMING SOON
RMS OLYMPIC - 1925
Into the 1920s Olympic starred in films and carried starlets, celebrities and magnates by the thousands. She was a favourite on the Transatlantic run; a true queen of the Atlantic, serving alongside Homeric and Majestic.
COMING SOON
RMS OLYMPIC - 1933
By the end of her career, Olympic was still in fine form; but the merger of Cunard and White Star doomed her. She was sent to the Scrappers’ yard after a mighty career.
