2012年1月3日 · Books about Olympic are far and few between. Even rarer are books that devote any space to the third of the class, Britannic. Thus it was a welcome addition to literary history when, in 2004, a young historian named Mark Chirnside wrote The Olympic-Class Ships: Olympic, Titanic, Britannic.

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2024年3月12日 · In 1996 the wreck was bought by the author of this book, Simon Mills. Exploring the Britannic tells the complete story of this enigmatic ship: her construction, launch and life, her fateful last voyage, and the historical findings resulting from the exploration of the well-preserved wreck over a period of 40 years.

2001年5月21日 · The Official Britannic Research Centre has a set of detailed builder's plans, although they only go down to C-Deck. Although, D-Deck is shown in "Sisters," on pages 406-7.

2002年4月30日 · I take it there are no remaining survivors for Britannic - when did the last remaining survivors die??

2004年12月6日 · The Olympic Class Ships: Olympic, Titanic, Britannic by Mark Chirnside Titanic is arguably the most famous ship in history, and her popularity has often come at the expense of her siblings. Yet she was but one of a trio of sister ships. The number of titles that have attempted to tell the story of all three liners in one volume is astonishingly short. In this new book, Mark …

2004年6月3日 · I recently bought Simon Mills' "Hostage to Fortune". There is a fold out rigging plan of the ship with her hospital ship modifications. The color notations for the funnels are "yellow". I have seen a number of paintings that have represented the funnel color as buff. Since these are H&W...

One remarkable statistic is that the cost of building the three Olympic class ships was more, in cash terms, than the value of the entire White Star Line fleet.

2023年5月14日 · Category Britannic Added by Encyclopedia Titanica Date added May 14, 2023 View count 7,480 Comment count 0 Rating 0 ratings

2003年9月6日 · Why were the Britannic's lifeboats bunched up in the Wellin davits instead of lining the deck like the Olympic 's boats after the refit? The big Wellin davits completely disgure H&W's gracious lines of the Olympic class vessels.