Grand Staircase of the RMS Titanic the "Olympic", whose B-Deck aft foyer was much smaller because of additional cabins and storage rooms. There was no reception area on the "Olympic" until the 1913 refit, which expanded the restaurant and added a reception area in emulation of "Titanic". On "Titanic" two additional en-suite staterooms were installed off of the A-Deck aft staircase, decreasing the size of the surrounding foyer in comparison to "Olympic". When Robert Ballard discovered the wreck of the "Titanic" in 1985, he found only a gaping well in the place that the Staircase had once occupied. The deck house that once formed the Boat
Lifeboats of the RMS Titanic Third Class. Among the occupants was stewardess Violet Jessop who survived the accidents that befell all of the "Olympic"-class liners: the collision of "Olympic" with HMS Hawke in 1911, the sinking of "Titanic" in 1912, and that of "Britannic" in 1916. About 58 people were aboard Boat 14, with Wilde, Lightoller and Lowe supervising its launch. By the time it was launched at about 1:30 a.m., "Titanic" was well down in the water and some passengers still aboard were beginning to panic. Lowe fired three shots from his revolver to warn off a crowd of passengers pressing up against the