Built in Belfast, Ireland,[8] Olympic was the first of the three Olympic-class ocean liners – the others were Titanic and Britannic. It was overseen by Lord Pirrie, a director of both Harland and Wolff and the White Star Line; naval architect Thomas Andrews, the managing director of Harland and Wolff's design department; Edward Wilding, Andrews' deputy and responsible for calculating the ship's design, stability and trim; and Alexander Carlisle, the shipyard's chief draughtsman and general manager. Dezember 1908 statt. Die Katastrophe gehört zu den schwersten Schiffsunglücken der Geschichte und führte zu weitreichenden Verbesserungen der Sicherheitsbestimmungen für Hochseeschiffe, die noch heute Gültigkeit haben. Sie wurde ab 1935 in Jarrow abgewrackt. [103], In August 1919 Olympic returned to Belfast for restoration to civilian service. Dabei wurden ihre Kessel, wie bei vielen großen Dampfern, auf Ölfeuerung umgestellt, was nicht nur eine schnellere Bunkerung ermöglichte, sondern auch eine Menge Personal einsparte. The Admiralty had initially been reluctant to use large ocean liners as troop transports because of their vulnerability to enemy attack; however, a shortage of ships gave them little choice. [129][132], Olympic's fittings were auctioned off before the scrapping commenced. Two crew members, stewardess Violet Jessop and stoker Arthur John Priest,[53] survived not only the collision with Hawke but also the later sinking of Titanic and the 1916 sinking of Britannic, the third ship of the class. Mai 1924, als sie bei New York mit dem Liner SS Fort St. George kollidierte. Its function was the ventilation of the kitchen and the storage of deck chairs. The crystal and ormolu electrolier from the lounge is installed in the Cutlers' Hall in Sheffield. Von der Weltwirtschaftskrise Ende der 1920er Jahre waren auch die Linienschiffe betroffen. By mid-October, bookings had fallen sharply as the threat from German U-boats became increasingly serious, and White Star Line decided to withdraw Olympic from commercial service. Die RMS Olympic der Reederei White Star Line, ein Schwesterschiff der RMS Titanic, ist das einzige Schiff der nach ihr benannten Olympic-Klasse, das nicht einem Unglück zum Opfer fiel.
[56][57] The Hawke incident was a financial disaster for Olympic's operator. [130] On 11 October 1935, Olympic left Southampton for the last time, she arrived in Jarrow on the 13th. [88] HMS Liverpool was in the company of HMS Audacious. Olympic's first major mishap occurred on her fifth voyage on 20 September 1911, when she collided with a British warship, HMS Hawke off the Isle of Wight. [134] One suite at Sparth House Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire has the furniture from one of the staterooms, including light fitting, sink, wardrobes and fireplace. The company was competing with its fiercest rival, the Cunard Line, for domination of the trans-Atlantic shipping lanes between Europe and America.The industry had made enormous strides in recent years. The senior Ismay died in 1899 and the order for the ship was cancelled. Hohe Reisegeschwindigkeit sollte allerdings – anders als bei den beiden Cunard-Linern – beim Design der neuen Dampfer keine wesentliche Rolle spielen. On 18 November 1929, as Olympic was travelling westbound near to Titanic's last known position, the ship suddenly started to vibrate violently, and the vibrations continued for two minutes. Hohe Wirtschaftlichkeit beim Kohleverbrauch war ein wesentlicher Aspekt der Konstruktion, daher wurde eine neuartige Antriebsanlage für die drei Schwesterschiffe entwickelt: Zwei konventionelle Kolbendampfmaschinen mit maximal je ca. [122], Despite this, during 1933 and 1934, Olympic ran at a net operating loss for the first time. Olympic consumed 650 tons of coal per 24 hours with an average speed of 21.7 knots on her maiden voyage, compared to 1000 tons of coal per 24 hours for both Lusitania and Mauretania. [36], By the time of her retirement, Olympic had completed 257 round trips across the Atlantic, transporting 430,000 passengers on her commercial voyages, travelling 1.8 million miles. Until 1930 there had generally been around one million passengers a year on the transatlantic route, but by 1934 this had dropped by more than half. In addition, an extra bulkhead was added to subdivide the electrical dynamo room, bringing the total number of watertight compartments to seventeen.