RMS Olympic 1911-1935
A great shot of the damage to the Olympic from the cruiser HMS Hawk
What was left of the ram bow of the HMS Hawk after she rammed the Olympic.
Close up of one the big holes in the Olympic
The two sisters together Olympic left, Titanic right. The work on the Titanic was suspended while emergency repairs were done to the Olympic. This event changed everything for the Titanic.
The RMS Titanic pulls out at the start of her re-scheduled maiden voyage on April 10, 1912. If the Olympic had not been rammed by the Hawk, the Titanic would have left on her maiden voyage on March 20th!!!!!
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Fate has a way of changing things....Rarely is that more visible than in the case of the RMS Olympic/ HMS Hawk collision, on September 20, 1911. It delayed the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic.
The Titanic was to start her maiden voyage on March 20, 1912.
If that collision had not occurred most probably the Titanic would never had struck an iceberg, and would have lived out her life in basic obscurity....and be known as a sister of the Olympic.
But as fate would have it...There was an accident with the Olympic, it caused the work on the Titanic to be stopped, and the maiden voyage of the Titanic was changed to April 10, 1912...Sealing her doom.
But in a strange way giving her immortality.......
Who knows of the Olympic today? Everyone knows of the Titanic, made famous by a chance of fate, not by her, but by her sister, the now nearly forgotten RMS. Olympic.
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