That Olympic was not preserved continues to baffle me. Her impact, both social and historical, has been almost second to none during her lifetime. If there ever was a ship that should have been saved, it should have been her. Luckily we have masterpieces like these 2 video's to keep Olympic's legacy alive and for that, the makers of this video deserve a special word of thanks. Hurah!
I think that it's unfair that the Olympic didn't get as much praise and credit for all she done and the service that she did for us in ww1 . She was the only sister to make it to retirement. Rest easy old girl sail forever calm seas
Never thought it’d make me emotional to see a ship scrapped, very well done, this is a masterpiece and a very fitting tribute to the grandest and most elegant liner to sail the seas
I really lost it at the part where she is being towed to the wreckers and the shots of her in varisous stages of scrapping. The scrapping of a ship is always sad, but especially so in the case of the Olympic.
A ship that deserves to be rebuilt. And either turn it into a museum, like the Queen Mary, or make it a fully-functioning oceanliner with modern amenities.
What a beautiful ship. I don’t think anyone envisioned when she was scrapped in 1935 the nostalgia that would be there for her some 85 years later. I suppose we’re fortunate to have bits and pieces of her scattered around the U.K. I dined several times in the Olympic Restaurant on board the Celebrity “Millennium” (Celebrity purchased the wood wall panels from Olympic’s á la carte restaurant). I ate there on April 14, 2012 - the Titanic’s 100th anniversary. I feel so fortunate to have experienced such ambience and splendor. One of the waiters I spoke with said that 90% of the people who ate there had no idea of the history behind the Olympic and why it was so special. He was thrilled to meet someone who knew and appreciated it. Alas, the restaurant is no longer there. Celebrity decided to turn it into a Tuscan Grille. I hope the wood paneling is safely in storage somewhere. Long live the memory of the Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic.
You can't help but ask yourself how the Olympic was able to survive so many collisions yet couldn't survive the Great Depression. As for Ismay's death, it may have been due to natural causes, but for years, I've been thinking he died of a broken heart. All three of his ships were gone, his reputation had long been ruined in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster, and he passed on just weeks after scrapping of the Olympic was finished. I can't help but wonder how much comfort he was able to take in that the Olympic was a popular ship to travel on during the twenties. By the way, I saw this one photo a while back of the Olympic listing heavily to port while returning troops after WWI due to all the troops being on the port side of the ship waving to their families. How she managed to survive that was remarkable.
germanname1990 It was really sad how much Ismay suffered. Even though he gave so much back to help the families of victims and survivors of the Titanic disaster.
This was... more then amazing... You got each piece of music *just* right to hit many emotions, and to summon a few tears... I thought i knew most of Olympics story, but i'd never heard of how she backed into the SS Fort St. George or of how she picked up survivors from the Provincia. Thankyou so much for making this Fantastic and very fitting tribute to one of the greatest liners ever to set sail! It truly is the work of a genius!
Fun fact: In her 1932 refit it was found that her plating, engines and boilers, and almost everything else was to be in far better condition than they were when she entered service in 1911. Even when she was announced to be sold for scrap, her Chief Engineer even said “I could understand the necessity if the ‘Old Lady’ had lost her efficiency, but the engines are as sound as they ever were.” Really sad, how many people these days have the misconception that she was too worn out and more like an “old lady”, as if she was like Aquitania in 1950. In ‘35, Olympic only had one problem, she was a bit rusted. But that’s only because she was laid up for so long. It’s also worth noting that the fact that Olympic’s engines were still in their prime as well as her plating and overall condition. Compare that to Mauretania, for example. After Maury returned to service in 1922, she struggled to maintain her regular Atlantic service speed (which was 24 knots). Her average crossing speed in ‘22 averaged to only 19 knots, 5 knots below her service speed. What was sad was that Bremen took her speed record in 1929. In late August, Cunard was permitted to have Mauretania make one final attempt to recapture her record, withdrawing her from service and her engines adjusted to produce more power to give a higher service speed. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough. Bremen was more advanced and powerful. Though Mauretania didn’t beat Bremen’s record, she lost by a fraction after over two decades of design improvements and beat her own previous records. Whereas Olympic effortlessly maintained her 21-knot service speed and even had a higher service speed in the ‘30s of 23 knots. Had it not been for the Great Depression and rise of ArtDeco’s popularity (which also, thanks to White Star repainting a lot of her wood interior an ugly garish green, diminished the number of loyal, recurring passengers she still had), she would have survived until at least the mid to late 40s, maybe even later.
Rob Grant I don’t know what you’re arguing against in my comment, but Queen Mary was designed with a blend of the traditional ocean liner style mixed with the rising ArtDeco style, hence her woodwork.
@@Aelvir114 It was in reference to your last paragraph. She couldn't have survived into the late 40's, as a bigger, faster new ship was already being bult for WSL/Cunard. That's what I was refering to. All the other info you mentioned was excellent. I sailed on Queen Mary in 1965. She was amazing too.
Rob Grant She wasn’t my style to be honest. She was to minimalistic in its decor and interior design, but I’ll still take her over any modern ship today. And Olympic probably wouldn’t have survived in the 40s by her interior design. As in the mid-to-late-30s most liners were going by the ArtDeco style. Also being a bigger and faster ship has no bearing. The Olympic class was primarily designed for luxury and, above all else, COMFORT, not speed. WSL left that up to Cunard. Hence why MV Britannic and Georgia weren’t big and fast, in fact, those two were SMALLER than the Olympic-class. And there were bigger and faster liners in the 20s (Bremen, Europa, Rex, etc.) and she prevailed amidst them all, as did Majestic.
@@Aelvir114 Great information again, but I do have to disagree with your assertion that speed was not a factor? It was very much a factor back then. Also size did matter as with it came greater comfort, and both the new QM and QE were some 83k GRT with stabilizers and speed enjoyed by millions who sailed on them before the jet aircraft finally put paid to their viability.
Truly a grand, beautiful and amazing ocean liner, with a great service record in both peacetime & wartime. My favorite ocean liner that should never be forgotten. Thank you for posting this great tribute to the RMS Olympic. ❤️❤️❤️
I could only imagine the creepy loneliness of travelling on Olympic during 1933. Only 9000 passengers in one year when she carried in excess of 2000 on one voyage in her heyday. Wow. I think it wasn't just her age and the Depression that killed her off. It was also her owners. White Star relied on her immense popularity for so long that they didn't start building a replacement until it was too late. I wonder how things might have been had either of her sisters survived.
If Olympic survived to this day, it would probably be worth a lot and would become a listed and protected monument, similar to how we have grade listed buildings.
The Olympic was switched with the Titanic to get the insurance for an unrepairable ship, after the Hawke disaster. So the Olympic sank and the Titanic lived on as the Olympic, until 1935. www.ignboards.com/threads/the-titanic-did-not-sink.80822461/
Amazing to think of the 3 sisters, Olympic had multile collisions, became a troopship as well as years of passenger service. She truly was the unsinkable ship the creators had envisioned. Just a shame she met a sad end.
Yep she is a luckey ship titanic spare her life to make olympic stronger now she can be afloat in 7 - 6 water tight compartment’s flooded and a dubble hull was added due to titanic’s sinking
Is it an irony that while J. Bruce Ismay died in 1936, somewhere at Jarrow at that moment his great dream, the 'Olympic' was also dying a slow death in the hands of the breakers. Everytime I think about it and it greatly saddens me. Fate..!!! Both the dreamer and his dream died together..
Me, too, when I read that as J Bruce lay dying, the Olympic, the first of the grat Olympic-class ships was being towed for scrapping. I really lost it at that and broke down crying. That is so inexpressably sad. Indeed, the dreamer and the dream died together.
I wish someone at the time would had stepped up and bought Olympic and turned it into a hotel maybe today we would of had it like the Queen Mary as a museum
This is the proper way to cross the Atlantic. I've been to Europe about a dozen times. Three, I've beenfortunaet enough, to have sailed on grand ocean liners rather than being shot across on on a jet liner. Six days in luxury rather than six hours in misery.
Thank you for uploading this fantastic video about my favourite ship the Olympic, Because of this I have learned so many new information that I haven't even knew about before!
Not only that, but if Titanic’s officer left the key for the binoculars, the collision could’ve been avoided. Or if Titanic hadn’t had a near collision pulling out of port, or if they had received Californian’s telegram on bridge earlier. It was a prime example of death by a thousand little cuts
Very well done. Thank you for making and sharing this. Got a bit choked up seeing her whistles blasting for the last time as she was towed to the breakers.
I still have my mothers immigration papers with the |Olympic" as the means of arrival 1923. She was 8 years old and grandma and grand dad held a second class ticket!
Very good! I learned a lot about it and the historical significance surrounding her, and of course her relationship to her sisiterships. She was highly successful and clearly a famous ship rather than just that of her infamous sister (Titanic)
27:41 a cinema eh? Just imagine if she had survived as a hotel or museum, they couldve shown screenings of A Night to Remember, or decades later James Cameron's film, right there on board. Then again maybe not, would be a bit too eerie and somber I think.
Before I watched this entire story on the OLYMPIC ocean liner, she had the greatest historic story of an cruise ship I have ever read or watched. WHAT a LADY she was. Only if they could have saved her for modern day today, think it would be to cruise the Bahama's on this ship as an antique ship cruise. I think that would be quite a novelty with the HUGE HISTORIC story this ship had with her.
4:28 She only had that center propeller briefly in 1913 as a temporary replacement. She was given a new four-blade thereafter. Also Titanic never had a three-blade center, Titanic and Britannic always had three-blade side and four-blade center.
Not sure if you've found out since, but Harland & Wolff historical documents clearly state that Titanic's center propeller was in fact three-bladed. My guess is they were simply doing an experiment to see which center propeller was the better one, as people have done stuff like that.
@@Kaidhicksii They did it to see if all triple-bladed reduced vibration. Since the reports aboard the ship were lost, they never knew how well that design performed, so Olympic had the same design installed for a brief time in 1913, but the 3-side and 4-centre was deemed more effective and that’s what stuck.
We are so used to hearing about the failure of Olympic class ships, and it is so great to see a video demonstrating that when outside circumstances permit, they were not built in vain as demonstrated by Olympic
I've always felt it's crazy that had Olympic not needed the resources pulled from her younger sister, the Titanic would have set sail on her maiden voyage weeks sooner as scheduled and would not have hit an iceberg when she did. Titanic's maiden voyage was actually set for just the right time, shortly before icebergs would become a major issue, and she would have likely made it to New York City without any sort of problems or catastrophes. History would be entirely different and there's a really good chance that people like me, who fell in love with the Olympic and many of the old ocean liners of that time, might not have ever heard much about them or taken any interest in them because it was learning about the sinking of the Titanic that led us in that direction to begin with. Olympic lived an incredible life but it probably would have been much different had Titanic never sank and instead went on to live a life of full service, more than likely continuing to overshadow her older sister to the very end.
OMG with Olympic having to carry over 6,000 troops and having over 64 lifeboats hardly having any deck space on the boat deck. I find it remarkable of coming to the aid of those vessels during WWI and being refitted of having her bulkheads raised to the top and that's what Titanic should have been designed for having her watertight doors all the way to the top and she would have survived the iceberg collision without doubt
Olympic is a great choice of name created by wsl because it was the first biggest ship in the Olympic liner and continued its journey to be a fast ship going over 24 knots and olympic games has fast runnets
Fast H Racing -they are built into the White Swan Hotel in Alnwick -the dining room is part of Olympic.There are also parts of the ship built into a private house in Liverpool .
Not sure if what I read was true but i also found out the collision with the Hawke not only bent her prop shaft, but also her keel*. Giving her a permanent list.
24:06 The tender is still around! The Nomadic is in Belfast, she’s one of the last white star ships and they’re in the process of restoring her back to her original configuration.
Pretty girl at 13:09 and "Happy aboard the Olympic." Very likely born around 1900-ish, I would guess she was around 20 when this footage was shot and in all probability never saw it herself. I would speculate this footage was taken around 1920 - 1925, maybe someone knowledgeable in women's fashion could give us an approximate timeline. If I was to hazard a guess, I would say she's travelling second class, or what was later referred to as "Tourist Second Cabin" I believe. Whenever I see a pretty girl in old film like this it always begs the question within me, who was she? What was her name? Where was she going? Was she travelling with a young husband? A group of lady friends? What ever happened to her? At least with Violet Jessop we know most of the answers, although I don't believe there is any movie footage of Violet. The young girl in this footage is certainly a pretty lady and she looked like a delight to be around as well. Maybe some day someone will recognize her and tell us the answers. Great video, thanks for posting!
The best ship in the history i love this ship💖💞 and is very sad the reason of scrap the olympic maybye can restoration and change things and put new things like new propellers new stabilizer and new technology but i think this ship i could long have had a longer life and to buy for another company and modernize it the best ship 💖 un the history the rms olympic 💖💞forever in the souls and the all passenger with she carry
I bet this video doesn't have a lot of views because the average person watch a video can't sit through 10 minutes of a video, but some of us think your videos are amazing!
It's crazy to think about if Olympic didn't have to use parts from Titanic which delayed Titanic sailing date from March to April she would have made it new York without incident.. and just think about that Titanic survived it lives the same life as Olympic possibly sinks during world war 1 or it survives and makes it all the way to the 30s like it's just her and good scrapped later on or they might have kept it a little longer since it was a newer than the Olympic not by much.. and used it during world war II.. I mean it's crazy to think about.
I love that 1930s hull paint scheme with the lowered gold cheatline and the big forward-italicized lettering such as at 31:00. Has to be about the smartest looking paint scheme on any of these classic liners. An amazing ship that never seems to get the level of credit and appreciation it deserves. Sure it's a shame she wasn't preserved, but the fact of the matter is such endeavors always seem to be money pits, even in the best of economic times. For instance, the Queen Mary enjoys no security even today, and (perhaps as a result of) being a pretty poor-fidelity representation of what ocean liner travel was like. Where would that leave Olympic today, and in what condition? Perhaps betraying her own history as some kind of Titanic sideshow? At least scrapping carries with it that certain dignity of a purpose accomplished. Still, with WWII looking inevitable by 1937, you'd have to think the Admiralty was kicking themselves for not having delayed her end by at least a few years? We'll never know who her 2nd U-Boat victim would have been...
Great video. I just have one little fact check for you. Titanic did in fact have a central four bladed propeller, not as you stated. Very interesting to know though that Olympic had her's converted.
Thank you for this video. But how sad to see the latest images of the destruction of such a majestic ship; they could have made it a museum in homage to its two so dramatically disappeared sister ships and its passengers. (1912 and 1915).
En el momento de esta filmación ese buque ya era un trasto obsoleto pues era gemelo del Titanic. La única diferencia es que portaba más botes salvavidas que los reglamentarios...
This is the first time I saw any evidence of which propeller blade fell apart: The port one, apparently, unless that photograph at 2:11 was somehow flipped. I always thought that spin-off was on the starboard side, which would have been logical considering the quickie repairs they had to do to that side at Belfast (that time also cannibalizing Titanic for parts, delaying her original-original maiden voyage from January to March of 1912), to get Olympic back to bringing in revenue for White Star to turn around and pay to the navy. Rather ironic that all that money the courts made White Star liable to pay was literally sunk: The Hawke would be destroyed in the first year of the war, three years after that collision.
It’s remarkable for the life Olympic was given, if you ever wondered how Olympic would feel during her scrapping it would be happy that she would go with her sisters. I imagine in some cases people would as well as us that we’d imagine all three sister ships sailing along together in and after service life with no fears of suffering. And I assume in this life rising a ship wreck would bring it alive again, if you would have a specific emotion for olympics story what would it be? For most in think SAD
In 1913 when the 'Great War' was looming, they decided to upgrade some cabins to 1st class with private bathing facilities and add a 'Cafe Parisian' plus reception room (just like her sister Titanic)? In 1913?
Anyone know why when Olympic was brought in to the Thompson Graving Dock in Belfast on the 1st March 1912 for a propeller replacement, that she left on the 7th with a different vent that was on top of the wheelhouse?. A few photos taken by Robert Welch show the original white painted vent, then on the 6th when Olympic was moved to the opposite side of the dock where Titanic was before you can clearly see Olympic has had a new style vent fitted which is unpainted; the vent is different in style, much taller and is identical to the one fitted to Titanic. Then on the 7th March John Kempster captured a few stills of Olympic as she is being turned around ready to be moved to a small pool area just off the graving dock, and you can see the new vent is now painted white. This new style swan neck vent fitted has never been explained. Why did they fit a new vent for when Olympic was there for a propeller replacement and was in urgent need of returning to service?.
They installed new vents because her ventilation system proved to be somewhat poor so they took the opportunity while she was dry dock to severely improve it.
With here WW1 Hero status she should have been a museum, they missed out on a cash cow, as well as something for historical reasons, wpuld have been awesto be able to see her, jist loke the Queen Mary, i wish theyd have been able to fund a museum set up..what a gorgeous ship!! They dont make them with pride like that anymore, she had a particular stance in the water saying "look at me, I am a gorgeous work of man".
My great grandmother was on the Olympic and was going to go on the titanic but someone was killed in the family so she didnt go very lucky person but not so lucky
🥰Un gran homenaje 👏👏👏por servicios prestados al "OLYMPIAN" Demostrando con creces "EL MEJOR" de la era...ni titanic, ni mauritania ect. Tanta modernidad y nadie es capaz de construir 🚢 un "OLYMPIAN" con toda la tecnología actual
I think the main reason the ship needed to be scrapped is because the depression screwed up everything 30:28 9,000 passenger that's all you can take? Wow....
What is the title of the track from 10:15-12:20? Or could you list all the titles? The music is amazing, and it feels like watching a movie about the Old Reliable.
they used the propeller of titanic to fix olympic and thats why titamic was fimished later and if it wouldnt have and start her first trip to new york earlier this way she may never hit the berg
That Olympic was not preserved continues to baffle me. Her impact, both social and historical, has been almost second to none during her lifetime. If there ever was a ship that should have been saved, it should have been her. Luckily we have masterpieces like these 2 video's to keep Olympic's legacy alive and for that, the makers of this video deserve a special word of thanks. Hurah!
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I think that it's unfair that the Olympic didn't get as much praise and credit for all she done and the service that she did for us in ww1 . She was the only sister to make it to retirement. Rest easy old girl sail forever calm seas
Amen to that (wipes tears from eyes).
Amen to that.
Never thought it’d make me emotional to see a ship scrapped, very well done, this is a masterpiece and a very fitting tribute to the grandest and most elegant liner to sail the seas
Yes
I really lost it at the part where she is being towed to the wreckers and the shots of her in varisous stages of scrapping. The scrapping of a ship is always sad, but especially so in the case of the Olympic.
A ship that deserves to be rebuilt. And either turn it into a museum, like the Queen Mary, or make it a fully-functioning oceanliner with modern amenities.
What a beautiful ship. I don’t think anyone envisioned when she was scrapped in 1935 the nostalgia that would be there for her some 85 years later. I suppose we’re fortunate to have bits and pieces of her scattered around the U.K. I dined several times in the Olympic Restaurant on board the Celebrity “Millennium” (Celebrity purchased the wood wall panels from Olympic’s á la carte restaurant). I ate there on April 14, 2012 - the Titanic’s 100th anniversary. I feel so fortunate to have experienced such ambience and splendor. One of the waiters I spoke with said that 90% of the people who ate there had no idea of the history behind the Olympic and why it was so special. He was thrilled to meet someone who knew and appreciated it. Alas, the restaurant is no longer there. Celebrity decided to turn it into a Tuscan Grille. I hope the wood paneling is safely in storage somewhere. Long live the memory of the Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic.
Thanks for this information ☺️
You can't help but ask yourself how the Olympic was able to survive so many collisions yet couldn't survive the Great Depression. As for Ismay's death, it may have been due to natural causes, but for years, I've been thinking he died of a broken heart. All three of his ships were gone, his reputation had long been ruined in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster, and he passed on just weeks after scrapping of the Olympic was finished. I can't help but wonder how much comfort he was able to take in that the Olympic was a popular ship to travel on during the twenties. By the way, I saw this one photo a while back of the Olympic listing heavily to port while returning troops after WWI due to all the troops being on the port side of the ship waving to their families. How she managed to survive that was remarkable.
Great post.
germanname1990 It was really sad how much Ismay suffered. Even though he gave so much back to help the families of victims and survivors of the Titanic disaster.
I can believe that Olympic was the only unsinkable ship:(
She was a lucky god blessed lady of the oceans!
Wish i could find that picture.
This was... more then amazing...
You got each piece of music *just* right to hit many emotions, and to summon a few tears...
I thought i knew most of Olympics story, but i'd never heard of how she backed into the SS Fort St. George or of how she picked up survivors from the Provincia.
Thankyou so much for making this Fantastic and very fitting tribute to one of the greatest liners ever to set sail!
It truly is the work of a genius!
she truly was an heroic ship.
Fun fact:
In her 1932 refit it was found that her plating, engines and boilers, and almost everything else was to be in far better condition than they were when she entered service in 1911. Even when she was announced to be sold for scrap, her Chief Engineer even said “I could understand the necessity if the ‘Old Lady’ had lost her efficiency, but the engines are as sound as they ever were.”
Really sad, how many people these days have the misconception that she was too worn out and more like an “old lady”, as if she was like Aquitania in 1950. In ‘35, Olympic only had one problem, she was a bit rusted. But that’s only because she was laid up for so long.
It’s also worth noting that the fact that Olympic’s engines were still in their prime as well as her plating and overall condition. Compare that to Mauretania, for example. After Maury returned to service in 1922, she struggled to maintain her regular Atlantic service speed (which was 24 knots). Her average crossing speed in ‘22 averaged to only 19 knots, 5 knots below her service speed.
What was sad was that Bremen took her speed record in 1929. In late August, Cunard was permitted to have Mauretania make one final attempt to recapture her record, withdrawing her from service and her engines adjusted to produce more power to give a higher service speed. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough. Bremen was more advanced and powerful. Though Mauretania didn’t beat Bremen’s record, she lost by a fraction after over two decades of design improvements and beat her own previous records.
Whereas Olympic effortlessly maintained her 21-knot service speed and even had a higher service speed in the ‘30s of 23 knots.
Had it not been for the Great Depression and rise of ArtDeco’s popularity (which also, thanks to White Star repainting a lot of her wood interior an ugly garish green, diminished the number of loyal, recurring passengers she still had), she would have survived until at least the mid to late 40s, maybe even later.
Not really. The Queen Mary was on the drawing board in 1933 and launched in 1937. Huge and complete radical design by comparison.
Rob Grant I don’t know what you’re arguing against in my comment, but Queen Mary was designed with a blend of the traditional ocean liner style mixed with the rising ArtDeco style, hence her woodwork.
@@Aelvir114 It was in reference to your last paragraph. She couldn't have survived into the late 40's, as a bigger, faster new ship was already being bult for WSL/Cunard. That's what I was refering to. All the other info you mentioned was excellent. I sailed on Queen Mary in 1965. She was amazing too.
Rob Grant She wasn’t my style to be honest. She was to minimalistic in its decor and interior design, but I’ll still take her over any modern ship today.
And Olympic probably wouldn’t have survived in the 40s by her interior design. As in the mid-to-late-30s most liners were going by the ArtDeco style. Also being a bigger and faster ship has no bearing. The Olympic class was primarily designed for luxury and, above all else, COMFORT, not speed. WSL left that up to Cunard. Hence why MV Britannic and Georgia weren’t big and fast, in fact, those two were SMALLER than the Olympic-class.
And there were bigger and faster liners in the 20s (Bremen, Europa, Rex, etc.) and she prevailed amidst them all, as did Majestic.
@@Aelvir114 Great information again, but I do have to disagree with your assertion that speed was not a factor? It was very much a factor back then. Also size did matter as with it came greater comfort, and both the new QM and QE were some 83k GRT with stabilizers and speed enjoyed by millions who sailed on them before the jet aircraft finally put paid to their viability.
Very informative. Her ending is so sad.
Truly a grand, beautiful and amazing ocean liner, with a great service record in both peacetime & wartime. My favorite ocean liner that should never be forgotten. Thank you for posting this great tribute to the RMS Olympic. ❤️❤️❤️
This was really good, the first of the three and last of the three sisters.
I could only imagine the creepy loneliness of travelling on Olympic during 1933. Only 9000 passengers in one year when she carried in excess of 2000 on one voyage in her heyday. Wow. I think it wasn't just her age and the Depression that killed her off. It was also her owners. White Star relied on her immense popularity for so long that they didn't start building a replacement until it was too late. I wonder how things might have been had either of her sisters survived.
Queen Mary was in construction as Olympic went to the scrapyard.
Yes but by the 30s Olympic capacity was 1200, situation was bad but not that bad
If Olympic survived to this day, it would probably be worth a lot and would become a listed and protected monument, similar to how we have grade listed buildings.
The Olympic was switched with the Titanic to get the insurance for an unrepairable ship, after the Hawke disaster. So the Olympic sank and the Titanic lived on as the Olympic, until 1935.
www.ignboards.com/threads/the-titanic-did-not-sink.80822461/
@@zakstev bullshit bullshit bullshit
I so wished I could’ve been on and experienced an incredible authentic ship like this!
Amazing to think of the 3 sisters, Olympic had multile collisions, became a troopship as well as years of passenger service. She truly was the unsinkable ship the creators had envisioned. Just a shame she met a sad end.
Yep she is a luckey ship titanic spare her life to make olympic stronger now she can be afloat in 7 - 6 water tight compartment’s flooded and a dubble hull was added due to titanic’s sinking
Is it an irony that while J. Bruce Ismay died in 1936, somewhere at Jarrow at that moment his great dream, the 'Olympic' was also dying a slow death in the hands of the breakers. Everytime I think about it and it greatly saddens me. Fate..!!! Both the dreamer and his dream died together..
Me, too, when I read that as J Bruce lay dying, the Olympic, the first of the grat Olympic-class ships was being towed for scrapping. I really lost it at that and broke down crying. That is so inexpressably sad. Indeed, the dreamer and the dream died together.
He died 1937.
I wish someone at the time would had stepped up and bought Olympic and turned it into a hotel maybe today we would of had it like the Queen Mary as a museum
This is the proper way to cross the Atlantic. I've been to Europe about a dozen times. Three, I've beenfortunaet enough, to have sailed on grand ocean liners rather than being shot across on on a jet liner. Six days in luxury rather than six hours in misery.
Nice. I agree too and i hate going on airplanes
@@therandomizer9943 On the other hand id rather die instantly on a plane crash then drown in the cold north atlantic or freeze to death.
Well, there's always the QM2
Thank you for uploading this fantastic video about my favourite ship the Olympic, Because of this I have learned so many new information that I haven't even knew about before!
Thanks for posting this. I think i am getting interested in the Olympic more and more.
The Butterfly Effect. Had Olympic not lost a prop, Titanic would never have met her fate that cold April night.
You can't stop what's coming...
Not only that, but if Titanic’s officer left the key for the binoculars, the collision could’ve been avoided. Or if Titanic hadn’t had a near collision pulling out of port, or if they had received Californian’s telegram on bridge earlier. It was a prime example of death by a thousand little cuts
What an awesome ship ! Wow proud of this great liner.
Such a career she had. It was sad for me at the end of this video seeing her getting scrapped.
Me, too. She was such a grand lady.
I do wonder what would have happened had Olympic gone on to serve with Aquitania untill 1950. Remarkable ship. Good job as well!
Very well done. Thank you for making and sharing this. Got a bit choked up seeing her whistles blasting for the last time as she was towed to the breakers.
Stunning machine.
I still have my mothers immigration papers with the |Olympic" as the means of arrival 1923. She was 8 years old and grandma and grand dad held a second class ticket!
Very good! I learned a lot about it and the historical significance surrounding her, and of course her relationship to her sisiterships. She was highly successful and clearly a famous ship rather than just that of her infamous sister (Titanic)
27:41 a cinema eh? Just imagine if she had survived as a hotel or museum, they couldve shown screenings of A Night to Remember, or decades later James Cameron's film, right there on board.
Then again maybe not, would be a bit too eerie and somber I think.
Long live the memories of those great liners Olympic especially sale on forever and calm seas!!!!!!!!
She was amazing 😍😍
Very good work! It’s emotional
Oh yay i like your olympic vid too
Well done! Second time I’ve watched this. Thank you from Alaska
olympic is the real unsinkable ship. She got many many crash and never make her sink.
Beautifully put together and a joy to watch.
Very nice tribute to a beautiful ship!
The footage of this video I noticed that the tugboats names were blacked out could someone help me with that?
I loved this 😩
Before I watched this entire story on the OLYMPIC ocean liner, she had the greatest historic story of an cruise ship I have ever read or watched. WHAT a LADY she was. Only if they could have saved her for modern day today, think it would be to cruise the Bahama's on this ship as an antique ship cruise. I think that would be quite a novelty with the HUGE HISTORIC story this ship had with her.
A replica ship is being built by an Australian businessman. Cpletion is set for 2022.
I'm pretty sure the Olympic was always an ocean liner and never a cruise ship. Big difference between the two.
She was actually an ocean liner nota cruise ship
4:28 She only had that center propeller briefly in 1913 as a temporary replacement. She was given a new four-blade thereafter. Also Titanic never had a three-blade center, Titanic and Britannic always had three-blade side and four-blade center.
Not sure if you've found out since, but Harland & Wolff historical documents clearly state that Titanic's center propeller was in fact three-bladed. My guess is they were simply doing an experiment to see which center propeller was the better one, as people have done stuff like that.
@@Kaidhicksii They did it to see if all triple-bladed reduced vibration. Since the reports aboard the ship were lost, they never knew how well that design performed, so Olympic had the same design installed for a brief time in 1913, but the 3-side and 4-centre was deemed more effective and that’s what stuck.
We are so used to hearing about the failure of Olympic class ships, and it is so great to see a video demonstrating that when outside circumstances permit, they were not built in vain as demonstrated by Olympic
That Olympic must have been a jinx for as many collisions it had
The Titanic and Olympic are mirror images and equal opposites. Where Titanic was supremely unlucky, Olympic was lucky
Wonderful, precious video! And astonishing music. You're the best guys
Bruce Ismay and Olympic.. once lived with glory and died together. She was his greatest dream. The last reference to their death hit me the hardest..!
I've always felt it's crazy that had Olympic not needed the resources pulled from her younger sister, the Titanic would have set sail on her maiden voyage weeks sooner as scheduled and would not have hit an iceberg when she did. Titanic's maiden voyage was actually set for just the right time, shortly before icebergs would become a major issue, and she would have likely made it to New York City without any sort of problems or catastrophes.
History would be entirely different and there's a really good chance that people like me, who fell in love with the Olympic and many of the old ocean liners of that time, might not have ever heard much about them or taken any interest in them because it was learning about the sinking of the Titanic that led us in that direction to begin with.
Olympic lived an incredible life but it probably would have been much different had Titanic never sank and instead went on to live a life of full service, more than likely continuing to overshadow her older sister to the very end.
The rooms were so large!
OMG with Olympic having to carry over 6,000 troops and having over 64 lifeboats hardly having any deck space on the boat deck. I find it remarkable of coming to the aid of those vessels during WWI and being refitted of having her bulkheads raised to the top and that's what Titanic should have been designed for having her watertight doors all the way to the top and she would have survived the iceberg collision without doubt
RMS Olympic: Born 1908, Scrapped and Died 1937.
...and along came the Queen Mary which Ismay sadly never saw in the end.
Beautiful video, emotional… such a great collection of rare footage to tell the story. Great editing and choice of music…. Thanks
Thank you! ❤
Olympic is a great choice of name created by wsl because it was the first biggest ship in the Olympic liner and continued its journey to be a fast ship going over 24 knots and olympic games has fast runnets
It is so sad to see that beutifull ship been scraped after all this years😪😪 think if Olympic was with us to day?
truly she is ''luxury unrivaled''
First class (I think smoking room) and part of main staircase still exist in a hotel in the north of England.
Fast H Racing -they are built into the White Swan Hotel in Alnwick -the dining room is part of Olympic.There are also parts of the ship built into a private house in Liverpool .
so awesome Thanks but it's amazing how many times it had collisions but didn't sink and sad she was scrapped 😔
It would be way too costly, but it would be neat if they could find the propeller blade Olympic threw in February 1912.
It would likely already be gone and be some small rust dot on the ocean floor
@@stuff4115 Bronze doesn't rust.
Not sure if what I read was true but i also found out the collision with the Hawke not only bent her prop shaft, but also her keel*. Giving her a permanent list.
@Mr Horse I'm just starting what I read, I didn't say it was fact. Don't be a dick
@Mr Horse you really are a twat, you know that?
@@scottiebones completely wrong for Olympic keel to be damaged Hawke would have to penetrate Olympic 48 feet which would have made both ships sink
24:06 The tender is still around! The Nomadic is in Belfast, she’s one of the last white star ships and they’re in the process of restoring her back to her original configuration.
Superb presentation. Very sad to see her go.
Pretty girl at 13:09 and "Happy aboard the Olympic." Very likely born around 1900-ish, I would guess she was around 20 when this footage was shot and in all probability never saw it herself. I would speculate this footage was taken around 1920 - 1925, maybe someone knowledgeable in women's fashion could give us an approximate timeline. If I was to hazard a guess, I would say she's travelling second class, or what was later referred to as "Tourist Second Cabin" I believe. Whenever I see a pretty girl in old film like this it always begs the question within me, who was she? What was her name? Where was she going? Was she travelling with a young husband? A group of lady friends? What ever happened to her? At least with Violet Jessop we know most of the answers, although I don't believe there is any movie footage of Violet. The young girl in this footage is certainly a pretty lady and she looked like a delight to be around as well. Maybe some day someone will recognize her and tell us the answers. Great video, thanks for posting!
incredible film, nicely done. Few things I would have changed and few mistakes/non fitting images but all in all, very good.
What the hell,they should have dry docked it and made a tourist attraction with it as it was virtually the same as the titanic.
the Great Depression didn’t take too kindly to historical preservation.
Best video on RUclips!!!
The best ship in the history i love this ship💖💞 and is very sad the reason of scrap the olympic maybye can restoration and change things and put new things like new propellers new stabilizer and new technology but i think this ship i could long have had a longer life and to buy for another company and modernize it the best ship 💖 un the history the rms olympic 💖💞forever in the souls and the all passenger with she carry
An extraordinary Lady. An extraordinary life.
I bet this video doesn't have a lot of views because the average person watch a video can't sit through 10 minutes of a video, but some of us think your videos are amazing!
It's crazy to think about if Olympic didn't have to use parts from Titanic which delayed Titanic sailing date from March to April she would have made it new York without incident.. and just think about that Titanic survived it lives the same life as Olympic possibly sinks during world war 1 or it survives and makes it all the way to the 30s like it's just her and good scrapped later on or they might have kept it a little longer since it was a newer than the Olympic not by much.. and used it during world war II.. I mean it's crazy to think about.
I love that 1930s hull paint scheme with the lowered gold cheatline and the big forward-italicized lettering such as at 31:00. Has to be about the smartest looking paint scheme on any of these classic liners.
An amazing ship that never seems to get the level of credit and appreciation it deserves. Sure it's a shame she wasn't preserved, but the fact of the matter is such endeavors always seem to be money pits, even in the best of economic times. For instance, the Queen Mary enjoys no security even today, and (perhaps as a result of) being a pretty poor-fidelity representation of what ocean liner travel was like. Where would that leave Olympic today, and in what condition? Perhaps betraying her own history as some kind of Titanic sideshow? At least scrapping carries with it that certain dignity of a purpose accomplished. Still, with WWII looking inevitable by 1937, you'd have to think the Admiralty was kicking themselves for not having delayed her end by at least a few years? We'll never know who her 2nd U-Boat victim would have been...
Great video. I just have one little fact check for you. Titanic did in fact have a central four bladed propeller, not as you stated. Very interesting to know though that Olympic had her's converted.
Titanic had three bladed propeller. Its new fact :-)
@@OlympicWS Can you cite this? Thank you.
Thank you for this video. But how sad to see the latest images of the destruction of such a majestic ship; they could have made it a museum in homage to its two so dramatically disappeared sister ships and its passengers. (1912 and 1915).
She should have been saved to be a ww2 troop ship then museum... But this song is Olympics song!
Sad ending for the only one of the three to actually make it to New York
Your videos are great. They put those made by the vapourware Titanic Honour and Glory videos to shame. Really great job.
En el momento de esta filmación ese buque ya era un trasto obsoleto pues era gemelo del Titanic. La única diferencia es que portaba más botes salvavidas que los reglamentarios...
This is the first time I saw any evidence of which propeller blade fell apart: The port one, apparently, unless that photograph at 2:11 was somehow flipped. I always thought that spin-off was on the starboard side, which would have been logical considering the quickie repairs they had to do to that side at Belfast (that time also cannibalizing Titanic for parts, delaying her original-original maiden voyage from January to March of 1912), to get Olympic back to bringing in revenue for White Star to turn around and pay to the navy. Rather ironic that all that money the courts made White Star liable to pay was literally sunk: The Hawke would be destroyed in the first year of the war, three years after that collision.
It’s remarkable for the life Olympic was given, if you ever wondered how Olympic would feel during her scrapping it would be happy that she would go with her sisters. I imagine in some cases people would as well as us that we’d imagine all three sister ships sailing along together in and after service life with no fears of suffering. And I assume in this life rising a ship wreck would bring it alive again, if you would have a specific emotion for olympics story what would it be? For most in think SAD
8:19 britannic 😭
In 1913 when the 'Great War' was looming, they decided to upgrade some cabins to 1st class with private bathing facilities and add a 'Cafe Parisian' plus reception room (just like her sister Titanic)? In 1913?
If it weren't for Olympic, WSL would NEVER have lived down the Titanic disaster.
Thomas Andrew would be proud of her
Anyone know why when Olympic was brought in to the Thompson Graving Dock in Belfast on the 1st March 1912 for a propeller replacement, that she left on the 7th with a different vent that was on top of the wheelhouse?. A few photos taken by Robert Welch show the original white painted vent, then on the 6th when Olympic was moved to the opposite side of the dock where Titanic was before you can clearly see Olympic has had a new style vent fitted which is unpainted; the vent is different in style, much taller and is identical to the one fitted to Titanic. Then on the 7th March John Kempster captured a few stills of Olympic as she is being turned around ready to be moved to a small pool area just off the graving dock, and you can see the new vent is now painted white. This new style swan neck vent fitted has never been explained. Why did they fit a new vent for when Olympic was there for a propeller replacement and was in urgent need of returning to service?.
They installed new vents because her ventilation system proved to be somewhat poor so they took the opportunity while she was dry dock to severely improve it.
With here WW1 Hero status she should have been a museum, they missed out on a cash cow, as well as something for historical reasons, wpuld have been awesto be able to see her, jist loke the Queen Mary, i wish theyd have been able to fund a museum set up..what a gorgeous ship!! They dont make them with pride like that anymore, she had a particular stance in the water saying "look at me, I am a gorgeous work of man".
She was the true Unsinkable.
Those who decided to scrap her is a fool.
Why cant they just preserve or make her as a museum like queen mary?
My great grandmother was on the Olympic and was going to go on the titanic but someone was killed in the family so she didnt go very lucky person but not so lucky
anybody else notice the square wall wheelhouse behind the captain at 14:27 ??
some have said it was built as rounded....
🥰Un gran homenaje 👏👏👏por servicios prestados al "OLYMPIAN"
Demostrando con creces "EL MEJOR" de la era...ni titanic, ni mauritania ect.
Tanta modernidad y nadie es capaz de construir 🚢 un "OLYMPIAN" con toda la tecnología actual
My all time favourite ship...😭😭😭
I think the main reason the ship needed to be scrapped is because the depression screwed up everything 30:28 9,000 passenger that's all you can take? Wow....
THANK YOU FOR SUCH A VIDEO. Very interesting information
fucking genius
Lucky old reliable!
Music superrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Enjoyed video very much, except captions moved quite fast. I'm a fast reader but had to backtrack to read.
If you want to see any if olympics first class dining room and grand staircase the alnwick hotel in the north of England
Can`t imagine having to dress for dinner - I`m quite happy with a tray on my lap!
What is the title of the track from 10:15-12:20? Or could you list all the titles? The music is amazing, and it feels like watching a movie about the Old Reliable.
they used the propeller of titanic to fix olympic and thats why titamic was fimished later and if it wouldnt have and start her first trip to new york earlier this way she may never hit the berg
they used the propeller *shaft,* not the propeller itself.
Many excellent images.
Should of have been a Museum Ship. Unfortunately it was the depression and they cashed out on steel as much as they could.
i wonder if people would find olympic's missing propeller
why have you put a grey overlay over some of the photos (the ones with text over) so we cant see them clearly
I miss this ship
Me too. And I've never even seen her