Olympic Titanic Britannic : the anatomy and evolution of the Olympic Class
Mills, Simon, 1961-2022
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The Titanic. The Britannic. The Olympic. They are some of the most famous ships in history, but for the wrong reasons. The Olympic Class liners were conceived as the largest, grandest ships ever to set sail. Of the three ships built, the first only lost the record for being the largest because she was beaten by the second, and they were both beaten by the third. The class was meant to secure the White Star Line's reputation as the greatest shipping company on earth. Instead, with the loss of both the Titanic and the Britannic in their first year of service, it guaranteed White Star's infamy. This book tells the extraordinary story of these three extraordinary ships from the bottom up, starting with their conception and construction (and later their modification) and following their very different careers.
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Author:
Mills, Simon, 1961-, author
Imprint:
London : Adlard Coles, 2022.
Collation:
272 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9781472988652 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
623.82432623.824 MILL623.824320941
Language:
English
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BRN:
2308573