SISTERSHIP OF TITANIC, S. S. OLYMPIC, COVER CARRIED ON SHIP, W/ 5c ERICCSON #628

Description: NEW YORK, NY STA, J2 TO 6 RUE DE VAL DE GRACE PARIS, FRANCE "VIA S. S. OLYMPIC" SISTERSHIP OF THE TITANIC. VERY MUCH LIKE HER.STILL IN SERVICE. SCARCE USAGE OF THIS STAMP LIGHT BLUE ENVELOPE. 5 CENT RATE TO EUROPE. ERICCSON STAMP COMMEMORATES A SHIP. **THERE IS NO ENCLOSURE WITH THIS COVER.** RMS Olympic was a British ocean liner and the lead ship of the White Star Line's trio of Olympic-class liners. Olympic had a career spanning 24 years from 1911 to 1935, in contrast to her short-lived sister ships, Titanic and Britannic. This included service as a troopship during the First World War, which gained her the nickname "Old Reliable", and during which she rammed and sank the U-boat U-103. She returned to civilian service after the war, and served successfully as an ocean liner throughout the 1920s and into the first half of the 1930s, although increased competition, and the slump in trade during the Great Depression after 1930, made her operation increasingly unprofitable. Olympic was withdrawn from service and sold for scrap on 12 April 1935 which was completed in 1937.Olympic was the largest ocean liner in the world for two periods during 1910–13, interrupted only by the brief tenure of the slightly larger Titanic, which had the same dimensions but higher gross register tonnage, before the German SS Imperator went into service in June 1913. Olympic also held the title of the largest British-built liner until RMS Queen Mary was launched in 1934, interrupted only by the short careers of Titanic and Britannic.[5][6] The other two ships in the class had short service lives: in 1912, Titanic collided with an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank in the North Atlantic; Britannic never operated in her intended role as a passenger ship, instead serving as a hospital ship during the First World War until she hit a mine and sank in the Aegean Sea in 1916 On 14 April 1912, Olympic, now under the command of Herbert James Haddock, was on a return trip from New York. Wireless operator Ernest James Moore[64] received the distress call from Titanic, when she was approximately 505 miles west by south of Titanic's location.[65] Haddock calculated a new course, ordered the ship's engines to be set to full power and headed to assist in the rescue.[66]When Olympic was about 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) away from Titanic's last known position, she received a message from Captain Rostron of Cunard's RMS Carpathia, which had arrived at the scene. Rostron explained that Olympic continuing on course to Titanic would gain nothing, as "All boats accounted for. About 675 souls saved [...] Titanic foundered about 2:20 am."[65] Rostron requested that the message be forwarded to White Star and Cunard. He said that he was returning to harbour in New York.[65] Subsequently, the wireless room aboard Olympic operated as a clearing room for radio messages.[65]When Olympic offered to take on the survivors, she was turned down by Rostron under order from Ismay,[67] who was concerned that asking the survivors to board a virtual mirror-image of Titanic would cause them distress.[68] Olympic then resumed her voyage to Southampton, with all concerts cancelled as a mark of respect, arriving on 21 April.[6][69]Over the next few months, Olympic assisted with both the American and British inquiries into the disaster. Deputations from both inquiries inspected Olympic's lifeboats, watertight doors and bulkheads and other equipment which were identical to those on Titanic.[70] Sea tests were performed for the British enquiry in May 1912, to establish how quickly the ship could turn two points at various speeds, to approximate how long it would have taken Titanic to turn after the iceberg was sighted.[71][72] Olympic's new lifeboats, ready to be installed.Olympic, like Titanic, did not carry enough lifeboats for everyone on board, and so was hurriedly equipped with additional, second-hand collapsible lifeboats following her return to Britain.[

Price: 49 USD

Location: Needham Hgts, Massachusetts

End Time: 2024-12-24T13:45:22.000Z

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