R.M.S. Olympic
1913
(Albatros AL-150)
- Type: Passenger
- Displacement: 45,324 tons
- Dimensions: 882 x 92 x 34 ft.
- Machinery: Steam triple expansion engine, triple screws = 21 knots
- Passengers: 2764 (1054 first class, 510 second class, 1200 third class)
- Builder: Harland & Wolff, Limited, Belfast, Ireland, 1911
- Service: Built for White Star Line Southampton-New York service. Shown here after 1913 refit adding more lifeboats, following the lessons learned in the Titanic disaster. Largest liner in the world until 1913. Served as a troopship during the First World War. Resumed transatlantic service, 1920-34. Transferred to Cunard-White Star, Limited, 1934. Laid up, 1935. Scheduled for scrapping at Jarrow, England; last remains broken up in Scotland, 1937.
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