Titanic "Ship of Lost Dreams"  First Class Library   The Olympic - Class Ships Rules Topic Search RSS        Register Username: Password: Mr Titanic Spirit of the Night Location: Gotham City Posts: 1355 Rivets: 13 (+13/-0)  |  The Olympic - Class Ships The Olympic-Class Ships By, Mark Chrinside A well written book, whose primary angle is the three sister ships of the White Star Line. Providing information in regards to the infamous Titanic, the focus is mainly on the two sisters, those cast under the shadow of the Titanic's tale. Mark Chrinside, known for books that shift attention to the first built Olympic, brings to life the tale of the three liners, "Old relaible", The "Unsinkable" Titanic, and the "Unlucky" Britannic. Expressing aspects of their births at Harland and Wolff Shipyards, details of their carrers, and their final tragic fates. The book contains valuable information that can be used to trace the lives of these vessels, as they took the Edwardian Era by storm in their day. More Information: You can find Marks book Here: Amazon Books Be sure to also Check out: RMS Olympic, Titanic's Sister James Aug/6/2005, 1:54 pm    Mark Chirnside New Passenger Posts: 1 Rivets: 0 (+0/-0)  |  Re: The Olympic - Class Ships Thanks for your kind words, James. RMS Olympic, Titanic's Sister As you've mentioned, this is the second book. My publisher's description of it as as follows: 'RMS Olympic, White Star Line’s ‘Old Reliable’ has been overshadowed by her ill-fated sisters Titanic and Britannic for over ninety years. The first of a new breed of superliner, the list of superlatives that Olympic has is breath-taking. When built, she was the largest ship in existence being almost 50% larger than her next nearest rival, she was one of the first ships to introduce Turkish Baths and a swimming pool, she carried more troops in the First World War than any other comparable steamship and she was the only liner ever to sink a submarine by ramming it. Surviving from 1911 until 1935, Olympic was a favourite of royalty and film stars as well as the general travelling public. She had a style and opulence, even in her twilight years, which few ocean liners could match. But why has she been woefully neglected by maritime historians? Mark Chirnside has written the first detailed history of Olympic and here he tells the story of the ship and her time in service at war and in peace. With much previously unpublished information and illustrations he explains why she was so important in terms of the development of the passenger ship. RMS Olympic simply was the most important ocean liner of her generation.' The Olympic book's page on my website is here: RMS Olympic, Titanic's Sister At the bottom of this page, there's a link to the homepage where you can also access the first book. Best wishes, Mark. Aug/7/2005, 5:25 am    Link to us   -  Blogs   -  Hall of Honour   -  Chat      TSOLD's time is: Nov/27/2009, 12:23 am

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