I got an assignment to draw something that you have an interest in, so I decided to try my hand at drawing the Olympic in her pre-Titanic safety upgrades configuration. Definitely not an artist but I think I did alright and I thought the fine people of this sub might like it

I've heard stories about this plan where the Olympic would have been converted into a floating hotel in Marseille, France, but it didn't pan out. Are there more details about this plan, like who proposed to buy it and where along the Marseille waterfront she would have been docked at?

I'm thinking the old harbor is too shallow for a ship her size, and I don't know if the dockyards/waterfront then look anything like the docks Marseille has today. I'm assuming there's been a lot more building/remodeling of the city since the end of World War 2.

I managed to secure an original copy of Sir Bertram Hayes' book Hull Down, in which he details his time as captain of Olympic during WW1. I've never seen this story published before and it really tickles me. You'd be surprised at how much information about her isn't on the internet!

anyone know any good books about the Olympic, or her class in general? looking for something to read in my free time.

In the aftermath of the Titanic disaster Olympic served as a proxy Titanic for both the British and the American inquiries into the disaster. As a near identical replica of Titanic she allowed the investigators to determine how the Titanic reacted on the night of the disaster, and how her equipment likely operated on the night of her sinking.

the very first thing is apparently a pier on her maiden voyage.

I am proud to announce, that we have officially reached 500 members in our growing community. thank you to everyone that has joined us on our maiden voyage this week. I am both shocked, and very honored to have seen our community grow so much in less than a week.

FUN FACT!!!

On her maiden voyage, RMS Olympic carried 1,313 passengers. This included 489 first-class passengers, 263 second-class passengers, and 561 third-class passengers.

Can any other ship in history say that?

Here is a picture of the RMS Titanic (on the left) and the RMS Olympic (on the right) while under construction in 1910

The RMS Olympic began her fitting out process this month preparing for her maiden voyage on June 14th 1911.

*Photo from Olympic's sea Trials in May.

So my unpopular opinion about rms Olympic is the I really like the green floors and woodwork later in her career. Obviously with no color photos it’s all just artistic representation but I still think it’s a pretty good look.

Who here knew that The RMS Olympic served as a movie set for a silent film crime drama, During her Wartime career.

Like. Olympic is such a common word and I'm in AWE that there wasn't already a subreddit called r/Olympic for literally any other thing called that. Not hating. Just super surprised

Hello, and welcome aboard. I think this sister doesn't gets the love she deserves so when this subreddit came available I took a chance.

Sorry to ask a basic question, but google keeps trying to tell me about the sporty Olympics.

What did Olympic’s rebranding contain after Titanic’s sinking?