Olympic-class ocean liner so, the "Olympic"-class ships were built to surpass rival Cunard's largest ships, "Lusitania" and "Mauretania", in size and luxury. "Olympic", along with "Titanic" and the soon to be built "Britannic", were intended to be the largest and most luxurious ships to operate on the North Atlantic, but not the fastest, as the White Star Line had already switched from high speed to size and luxury. The three vessels were designed by Thomas Andrews and Alexander Carlisle. Construction of "Olympic" started in December 1908 and "Titanic" in March 1909. The two ships were built side by side. The construction of "Britannic"
The Tall Ships die.". The Tall Ships The Tall Ships is the fourth studio album by British progressive rock band It Bites. "The Tall Ships" was recorded following the relaunch of It Bites featuring a new singer & guitarist, John Mitchell. This lineup had toured successfully in 2006 and had released a live album called "When the Lights Go Down" on which they predominantly covered old material from the band's first lineup (bar one song, "Playground", written by the current band featuring Mitchell and which would be recorded again for "The Tall Ships"). It Bites spent eight months writing and recording "The Tall