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 ships Anne and Little James to a lack of ships to carry on trade with England, and could only send fur pelts home in small quantities. Per Bradford's later recollection, 60 persons—men, women and children, were on the two ships "Anne" and "Little James" combined, although in reality the number of passengers was much more than that. There are no separate passenger lists for "Anne" and for "Little James" as those who came over on these ships were grouped together in official records when the 1623 division of land was made for them. But author Charles Banks did identify at least four men, three with