Titanic and Olympic were two of the White Star Line’s trio of Olympic-Class ocean liners. What was the third, launched in 1914 and constructed by Harland and Wolf in Belfast?
Olympic-class ocean liner Olympic-class ocean liner The "Olympic"-class ocean liners were a trio of British ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line during the early 20th century. They were (1911), (1912), and (1915). All three were designed to be the largest and most luxurious passenger ships in the world, designed to give White Star an advantage in the transatlantic passenger trade. Two were lost early in their careers: "Titanic" sank in 1912 on her maiden voyage, after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean, and "Britannic" in 1916, after hitting a mine laid by the
Big Four (White Star Line) Big Four (White Star Line) The Big Four were a quartet of 20,000 ton ocean liners built by Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line in the early 20th century to be the largest and most luxurious ships afloat. The group consisted of the following ships, ordered by the years they were launched: In 1899, White Star Line commissioned the , which exceeded the in length but not tonnage. After Thomas Ismay’s death the order of "Oceanic"’s sister-ship, "Olympic" was cancelled. Instead, resources were transferred to the company’s new project; to build the grandest fleet of ships that