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The three ships were designed to be 270 metres long and to have a gross tonnage of over 45,000. Their designed speed was approximately 22 knots, well below that of the Lusitania and Mauretania , but still allowing for a transatlantic crossing of less than one week.
Intended to be the third ship in the trio of express liners conceived by Lord Pirrie and Bruce Ismay, the Gigantic was laid down in November 1911, almost six months after the launch of the Titanic, the idea being to incorporate improvements in her based on service experience with her two sisters.
The three ships had hull numbers and were listed as 400, 401, and 433. The public in Belfast knew about the White Star Line's order for 3 new ships and knew of Olympic and Titanic, but they were curious about the third ship's name.
RMS Titanic was one of three Olympic-class ocean liners built between 1908 and 1915. Her sister ships were RMS Olympic and HMHS Britannic. While the sinking of Titanic made her the most famous ship in the world, her siblings have been largely forgotten. This is their story.
The label of the new ship on Olympic's slope is RMS Britannic. There are several first hand pieces of evidence that the Britannic was originally meant to be named Gigantic. The mentioning of Britannic, Gigantic or however, the third ship was called, are shown here in chronological order.
A green band was painted on each side of the ship broken by three giant red crosses to identify her as a hospital ship providing her with a safer passage to wherever she was going. She was given ship number 9618.
15 Απρ 2022 · All three were built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast, but the stories of the Olympic and Britannic were overshadowed by their middle sister’s legend. Here’s what happened to the Titanic ’s two...
