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"
Type 614 research vessel were also built simultaneously in parallel with construction begun in 1971, launched in 1972 and entering service in September 1974. Type 614III ships are named as Xiangyanghong 07 and Xiangyanghong 08 respectively. Specification: Original names of the ships in the table might have been changed after transferring to different governmental establishments. Type 614 research vessel Type 614 research vessel is a type of Chinese research vessel in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). The ship has two derivatives, one is in weather ship configuration, and the other in oceanographic research ship configuration. The origin of Type 614I weather