Builder: Harland and Wolff Yard No.: Launched: 1911 Maiden Voyage: N/A Gross Tonnage: 675 tons Length: 175 ft. Beam: 35 ft. Decks: 2 Funnels: 1 Masts: 1 Propellers: 2 Engines: 2 x twin cylinder compound inverted engines Boilers: Speed: 12 knots Port of Registry: Liverpool Carrying Capacity: 1,200 passengers from third class + mails Sister Ships: N/A Traffic was designed and built by Harland & Wolff, and launched on 27th April 1911, …
It probably won’t surprise anyone familiar with the story of Titanic to learn that at the time of the Olympic-class liners’ construction, the whistles were quite naturally the ever to take to sea. Weighing-in close to 750lbs each, and constructed of heavy-duty hard-wearing bronze, they stood a little over 4ft. tall and were powered by steam. Three individual chambers, with …
Father Thomas Roussel Davids Byles’ place in history was assured by his acts of outright courage and heroism on 15th April, 1912. He was traveling from his parish church at Ongar, in Essex, to officiate at the wedding of his brother, William, in New York. On the morning of Sunday, 14th April, he had offered Mass …
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Olympic’s keel, yard No. 400, was laid towards the end of 1908, and just over three months later, the keel of Titanic , No. 401, was laid alongside, under the massive Arrol Gantry at Harland & Wolff’s yard in Belfast. With a construction period of about three years, the two liners’ massive hulls became almost a part of the skyline on the …