Olympic, Titanic, Britannic: An Illustrated History of the Olympic Class Ships

Lots of interesting facts.

I’ve been an aficionado of ocean liners and of the White Star liners for many years so this is an excellent addition to my library; professionally, I did marine insurance so this book added to it.

I'm currently working on an original fiction story that in effect can be seen as a sort of Biography of the RMS Olympic, and as I was already more than familiar with the story of Titanic, I needed info on the Lead Ship herself. Mister Chirnside not only supplies, but supplies in abundance of interesting and exhaustive information from the start of construction in 1908 to Olympic's scrapping in 1935.In fiction there is the concept of the "Hero of Another Story," where a side character is alluded to have adventures just as interesting as (if not more so than) the Protagonist's, and for decade's Olympic has been such a figure in the Titanic story, a glorified footnote if she is mentioned at all. At long last, we can finally know Olympic's story.

I have truly enjoyed this book. While not begrudging the amount of press and film devoted to the horrible accident that sank RMS Titanic, it is wonderful to see this author concentrate his efforts on RMS Olympic, a nearly identical ship that served faithfully and well for decades. RMS Britannic, whose career was cut short by a WW I mine, is thoroughly covered. RMS Titanic is also well covered, though the drama of her sinking is left to the multitude of other sources available. Color is used where possible, engineering drawings, interior views, wonderful photographs, and so on abound. The text is crisp and informative. If ocean liners appeal to you, and you would like to know more about "Old Reliable," the "nice guy" ship that didn't come to a tragic end, this book will reward you handsomely.

I read a statistic that said that the Titanic was one of the three most written about subjects in history, and browsing through the available books on Amazon and other sites certainly gives credence to that. I would imagine that like many much-written subjects the number of GOOD books is merely a fraction of that number, but this book is certainly one of the good ones.Richly illustrated with accurate captioning it certainly opens up my understanding of the Olympic class liners and is a valuable addition to my growing library on the subject.The ONLY way it could be better would be if I could buy a copy to read on my Kindle like a previous title I have bought....like this! Titanic or Olympic: Which Ship Sank?

Considering I have an extensive collection of books on this subject, this one is my favourite. It is well researched and documented. It is accurate in that Mr. Chirnside has made a great effort to clarify nearly all the misinformation that has been perpetuated over and over in other books on this subject as well as providing additional information, both technical and visual, not found in previous books. It is very readable and well thought out. Overall a fine effort and attractively priced considering the content. Highly recommended.

Beautiful book. My son has been really interested in these ships and we surprised him with it. He loves it. Great pictures.

The illustration and layout is quite good. My son is really into ships that sunk and he is eight. The ones he found in the library mostly are written for adults only and not many pictures but this had a lot of pictures and I think he really likes it.

I bought this for my grandson who was 9 last week. He reads like an adult and is obsessed with the Titanic and hopes to work in the shipping industry after university. ( yes he's planned that far ahead) . He loves the book, and found a lot of information he had not found before. His very Great book.

Son dos libros espectaculares, a todo aquel que le guste la historia del Titanic y sus gemelos, con fotografías maravillosas, qué menos, pues qué vinieran escritos en español, pero bueno está Google para consultar el inglés, los recomiendo son una maravilla.

Very nearly sized for the coffee table and lavishly illustrated with photographs, drawings and graphics covering construction, features and the working lives of the ships. Posters and other materials by which the voyages were sold are also included.A valuable history of what were to be the last three ships ordered by the once great White Star Line. The loss of the supposedly unsinkable Titanic and approximately two-thirds of its passengers and crew, and the resulting criticisms levied at the company caused many of the line's potential passengers to cancel bookings and seek passage on other lines' ships. That, and the results of the Official Enquiry into the loss led to the company's collapse and it later merged with a major competitor, Cunard. A second ship from the class, Britannic, was later lost during WW1 to a mine and only Olympic had a usefully long working life into the 30s.This book is a biography of the three vessels and the company itself. Although the Titanic is by far the most familiar of the company's ships, if not the best-known of all twentieth Century ocean liners, the author does not over-concentrate on that vessel alone but has tried to be equally fair to all three.Much of the story of the ships, their features and designs and the facilities on offer - they were originally intended to be identical, but design changes were made in the light of experience - is included.For anyone with any interest in the Titanic or its sister ships, White Star or ocean-going liners in general may find much that is useful and interesting in this book.

bien reçu très beau livre super bonne année

My favourite subject, though I've never seen this book before now. Item arrived in excellent time and was nicely packed and in good time. Great seller, thank you!!