Sister Ships: August 2013

RMS TITANIC (WHITE STAR LINE SHIPS)

1) Smoke and Steam emitting only from three funnels fourth funnel was only for beauty.

2) The most expensive tickets to travel aboard Titanic cost about $99,000 in today's money.

3) Titanic's whistle could be heard from a distance of 11 miles.

1) Britannic was the sister ship of RMS TITANIC and RMS OLYMPIC.

2) 13 November 1915, Britannic was requisitioned as hospital ship.

3) Britannic sank in just 55 minutes with the loss of 30 lives.

1) Olympic enjoyed a long career of 24 years from 1911 to 1935.

2) Olympic also worked as a troopship during First World War.

3) Olympic was scraped in 1937.

1) The German submarine U-20 torpedoed and sank her 7 May 1915.

2) The Lusitania took just eighteen minutes to sink.

3) The speed and the angle of sinking made it extremely difficult to launch the life boats.

4) Lusitania was able to convert from a passenger liner into a war ship in the situation of war.

1) Aquitania survived in military duty in both World Wars and returned to passenger service after each.

2) Aquitania grew older and was scheduled to be replaced by RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH in 1940.

3) Aquitania was the last four funneled passenger liner to be scraped.

1) Mauretania was also known as "Maury".

2) Mauretania was also the fastest ship on the North Atlantic till 1929.

3) The Mauretania's four steam turbines developed 68,000 horse power, giving speed exceeding 27 knots.