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RMS Olympic: Titanic's Sister
Mark Chirnside
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Description for RMS Olympic: Titanic's Sister
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 colour plates, 130 black & white illustrations, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 249 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1204.
Launched as the pride of British shipbuilding and the largest vessel in the world, Olympic was more than 40 per cent larger than her nearest rivals: almost 900ft long and the first ship to exceed 40,000 tons. She was built for comfort rather than speed and equipped with an array of facilities, including Turkish and electric baths (one of the first ships to have them), a swimming pool, gymnasium, squash court, a la carte restaurant, large first-class staterooms and plush public rooms. Surviving from 1911 until 1935, she was a firm favourite with the travelling public - carrying hundreds of ... Read more
Launched as the pride of British shipbuilding and the largest vessel in the world, Olympic was more than 40 per cent larger than her nearest rivals: almost 900ft long and the first ship to exceed 40,000 tons. She was built for comfort rather than speed and equipped with an array of facilities, including Turkish and electric baths (one of the first ships to have them), a swimming pool, gymnasium, squash court, a la carte restaurant, large first-class staterooms and plush public rooms. Surviving from 1911 until 1935, she was a firm favourite with the travelling public - carrying hundreds of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752491516
SKU
V9780752491516
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Mark Chirnside
Mark Chirnside is a maritime historian. He has previously written Olympic, Titanic, Britannic: An Illustrated History of the Olympic Class Ships; RMS Aquitania: The Ship Beautiful; Olympic Class Ships: Olympic, Titanic, Britannic; RMS Olympic: Titanic's Sister; and RMS Majestic.
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