The Olympic class was a trio of British ocean liners built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line: RMS Olympic, completed in 1911, RMS Titanic, completed in 1912, and HMHS Britannic, completed in 1915. White Star's chairman J. Bruce Ismay and the shipbuilder's director William Pirrie planned them in 1907 as an answer to Cunard's fast Lusitania and Mauretania, choosing size and luxury over speed, and the design work was led by Alexander Carlisle and Thomas Andrews. Each ship carried 29 coal-fired boilers, with reciprocating triple expansion engines driving the two outer propellers and a steam turbine driving the central shaft. Olympic served for 24 years and was scrapped in 1935, Titanic sank on her maiden voyage, and Britannic was lost to a mine in the Aegean while serving as a hospital ship.
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Engine Class EngineReciprocating steam triple expansion engines on the two outer shafts and a steam turbine on the central shaft 1 EngineTriple expansion steam engines 2 Connections
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a trio of British ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line during the early 20th century
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a trio of British ocean liners
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named RMS Olympic (1911), RMS Titanic (1912) and HMHS Britannic (1915)
Specifications, engines
The two lateral propellers were powered by reciprocating steam triple expansion, while the central shaft was driven by a steam turbine.
Specifications, engine class
The two lateral propellers were powered by reciprocating steam triple expansion, while the central shaft was driven by a steam turbine.
Specifications, boilers
All power on board was derived from a total of 29 coal-fired steam boilers in six compartments.
Lead, fate
was in service for 24 years before being retired for scrap in 1935
Lead, builder
a trio of British ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line during the early 20th century
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a trio of British ocean liners
Exemplifies: Maritime Transport, Lead, ocean liners
Olympic was the largest British-built ship in the world for over 20 years until the commissioning of Queen Mary in 1936
In Group: Atlantic Express Liners, Lead, transatlantic trade
devised to provide White Star an advantage as regards size and luxury in the transatlantic passenger trade
View the Source2. The Titanic and Co: The Titanic and Co: Preparing for the "Olympic Class" Liners (1908)
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Triple expansion engines were to be used on all three of the “Olympic class” liners.
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