RARER SEEN PICS

[greg robertson]

Heres a few rarer seen pics of Olympic.

 

[greg robertson]

In the early 1920s:

 

[greg robertson]

And here with 3 funnels:

 

[greg robertson]

And another one showing Olympic at speed:

 

[Michael H. Standart]

Seen at speed and barely missing the Nantucket Lightship. Uncomfortable encounters like this with large ships were all too common then, and unfortunately, there was that one year the Olympic didn't miss.

Cordially,
Michael H. Standart

 

[Mark Chirnside]

Interesting point about the lightship. Despite bad weather for much of the crossing, and slowing down considerably at times, she still averaged 21.2 knots overall; thus at a rough estimate at some point the ship must have been doing 22.5-23 knots. I hope there was clearer weather then at that time!

Best regards,

Mark.

 

[Erik Wood]

Those are some great pictures.

Erik

 

[Eric Marshall Schoonmaker]

Greg, is the 3 funnel pic the construction or destruction? I can't figure that out.
Eric

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From the looks of the davits...only eight sets to a side, this looks a lot like a fitting out photo.

 

[Eric Marshall Schoonmaker]

very good observation. That one would have slipped me by

 

[Sahand Miraminy]

Hey,
Speaking about the Ship at speed, would Titanic and Olympics G-deck portholes be under water because they are so close to the water line! Only a couple feet and that wave is pretty darn high.

thanks,
Sahand

 

[Alex McLean]

Sahand,
They would probably have been submerged many hundreds of times, proving that all ports should be closed once the ship is underway (those who haven't closed them are in for a nasty suprise...)

 

[Michael Cundiff]

Hello Michael:

That is a wonderful starboard 3/4 broadside of OLYMPIC. DeFacto...the Sept. '03 release of SEA CLASSICS features a smaller format of the same in their write-up..."TITANIC'S FORGOTTEN SISTER" (Forgotten by whom? ;-)

Myself I found it rather profound, perhaps the aforementioned photograph lends insight into
an ill-fated sister, who must have appeared
ever so similar, albeit a darkened backdrop...moments before the hour to eternity...

Michael A. Cundiff
NV, U.S.A.

 

[Michael H. Standart]

Mmmmmmm...forgotten by who? Likely the general public at large. Outside of our circle of liner enthusiasts and researchers, you might have a problem finding a lot of people who knew that the Olympic class comprised three ships, much less two.

A real shame since the Olympic was a very popular ship in her time and deserves better then being relegated to obscurity by her more notorious sister. I have a copy of the magazine you noted but I haven't gotten around to reading the article yet.

 

[Brent Holt]

The article mentioned above has several errors in it, unfortunately. Her tonnage is wrong as listed on the photo caption on page 33. That photo was also taken in the 1920s, not just after launching. Olympic's auction also occured in 1935, not 1938 from page 35. The biggest mistake is on page 36 where the author says that Olympic sank two German U-Boats in one day in 1918! She did ram and sink a German sub, but did not sink another one by gunfire. On the same page, it is states that Olympic ran a cruise service to Canada and Bermuda. This is partially true, but she did not make any Bermuda voyages.
I also do not believe that the Nantucket Lightship collision was the first trip under the command of Captain Binks. The author also mentions the previous commander as being Captain Hayes, but he left the ship many years earlier. Despite these mistakes, it is good to see Olympic getting more attention. The next couple years should see more since Mark is working on his books.
Brent