RMS Olympic and Titanic side-by-side.
Bill “Engineer Guy” Hammack shares some fascinating images and information about the RMS Titanic learned from the 1909 to 1911 editions of the Journal The Engineer. The video includes photos of the construction of the Titanic and its near-identical twin the Olympic, the launching of these Olympic-class ships, and accidents – including the collision between a British warship and the Olympic and also the sinking of the HMHS Britannic – that occurred. The video also includes engineering details of the ship’s engines, steering mechanism, and propellers. Check it out below:
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