Titanic & Olympic: How Were They Different?

Olympic and Titanic; famously billed as identical or near-identical sister ships in virtually every book ever written about the subject - and even in my own videos - are sometimes really hard to tell apart. They were both based, in essence, on the same base platform using the same plans. And this wasn’t an unusual thing; shipbuilders had, for years, been building identical sister ships because it just makes good sense for cost and a seamless passenger experience. And while Titanic is very much the better-known of the three Olympic-class ships, Olympic herself was her own ship too. She was the testbed, the pioneer; all the lessons learned from her were applied to Titanic and Britannic - and then Olympic herself. Olympic and Titanic actually had quite a few differences between one another - Britannic, the third ship was completely different again. So - how were Olympic and Titanic different from one another? What changes were made to Olympic throughout her career? Today we’ll do an analysis of the base platform that made up the Olympic class - take apart all the changes that made the sisters different - and then look at the interesting design alterations made to Olympic throughout her two decades at sea. GET YOUR OWN TITANIC PLANS as featured in this film today from https://www.titanicplans.com/ These are the finest Titanic and Olympic plans available on the market as-made by Matt DeWinkeleer, the result of years of hard research. https://www.titanichg.com/ Special thanks to our friends at @TitanicHG for providing the magnificent animations of Olympic and Titanic as made by Mr Jack Gibson. Oceanliner Designs explores the design, construction, engineering and operation of history’s greatest vessels– from Titanic to Queen Mary and from the Empress of Ireland to the Lusitania. Join maritime researcher and illustrator Michael Brady as he tells the stories behind some of history's most famous ocean liners and machines! Click the link to subscribe | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsE8PTncfn2Vga48jH46HnQ?sub_confirmation=1 #ships #sinking #disaster #titanic #wrecks #exploration #history #adventure #design #engineering #mairitime #safety #vessels #sailing #documentary #story #oceanlinerdesigns