RMS Olympic Ismay had previously planned to build a ship named "Olympic" as a sister ship to . The senior Ismay died in 1899 and the order for the ship was cancelled. Construction of "Olympic" began three months before "Titanic" to ease pressures on the shipyard. Several years would pass before "Britannic" would be launched. In order to accommodate the construction of the class, Harland and Wolff upgraded their facility in Belfast; the most dramatic change was the combining of three slipways into two larger ones. "Olympic" and "Titanic" were constructed side by side. "Olympic"s keel was laid on 16 December 1908
The ships Anne and Little James families, who were passengers in "Little James". Banks goes on to state that it is possible that "Little James" had more passengers, but due to her size could not accommodate many. The ships Anne and Little James In 1623 the ships Anne and Little James were the third and fourth ships financed by the London-based Merchant Adventurers to come out together in support of Plymouth Colony, as were "Mayflower" in 1620 and "Fortune" in 1621. "Anne" carried mostly passengers, and the much smaller "Little James" carried primarily cargo, albeit with a few passengers. After a stormy three-month voyage from London,