What happened to RMS Olympic after WW1?
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- čas přidán 18. 06. 2022
- RMS Olympic was the legendary ocean liner - and sister to the RMS Titanic - that served as a troopship for the British Royal Navvy during the first world war - but when the war was over and the guns were silent, what happened to the great ship? After HMHS Britannic was lost, Olympic was the sole surviving Olympic-class ocean liner and her owners, the White Star Line, had to work hard to ensure she remained a popular choice on the transatlantic service in the face of stiff competition from RMS Mauretania, RMS Aquitania and others.
Sources;
RMS Olympic: Titanic's Sister, Mark Chirnside
The Edwardian Superliners: A Trio of Trios, J Kent Layton
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If Olympic had hit the Iceberg, I'm convinced the Iceberg would've sunk.
Iceberg:Hehe another one COME TO me! Oylimpic:take THAT!!!
Funny enough, Titanic probably would've stayed afloat if it hit the iceberg head-on.
I'm even more convinced that Britannic would have absolutely crushed that iceberg. It is so sad that she lost to an explosive mine. Britannic could have been saved. But the odds were low, and her fate was sealed.
It's amazing that Olympic survived WW1 she had so many close calls during the war and during her post war career. She really lived up to the greatness the rest of the Olympic class never got.
Titanic and Britannic were sadly casualties, whereas Olympic had a KDA ratio that would leave most warships in envy.
@@anasevi9456 She really did her lost sisters good. Olympic really did accomplish a lot during her career and did some very impressive things during the war. It's just a shame her sisters weren't at her side for her successful career.
Someone’s gonna make a conspiracy theory out of this
Poor Olympic having to live on without her 2 lovely sisters what pain she must have felt to the tragedy and destruction of her twin titanic 😢 💔 😔 😞 and even more sadness as losing her close campion in britanic who served alongside her during in ww1
@@amandajackson4359 she isnt alive
The 3 Olympic class sisters traveling side by side, what a beautiful view! Thank you for that!
I can’t help but think that executives of white star line would have loved to see that picture more than anything else in their lives
Thank you so much for these segments. The Olympic has spent too much time in the shadows of the Titanic. Her legacy deserves some recognition as well and here it looks like she's finally getting it. Thank you. 💛
You mean titanic lived in Olympics shadow. Titanic crashed trying to break Olympics record.
@@ebddenby8439 No, Titanic sank because the design was flawed with regard to safety. They hit the iceberg because it was a moonless night, and so they couldn't see it until it was too late
She should’ve been preserved. Olympic was the flagship of her class, and its amazing that she survived so long. But the value of scrap back then was greater than preservation. Thank you for your services RMS Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic, you are always in our hearts and are always loved.
The Olympic is what actually sank they said it was titanic
@@screeneddiamond3880 Haven't heard that one before. What about all the marketing material clearly displaying that Titanic was on that route? What about the passengers who survived? Did White Star Line know ahead of time that the ship was going to sink and cover up the nameplates? Or did you forget that there were actually survivors who know which ship they boarded?
@@filmandfirearms yeah they did quick renovations there were reports of new carpet probably to hide the Olympic floors there was a whole part of the ship that was unassailable because renovations how about how jp Morgan and his good freinds all canceled there titanic tickets the day before that’s not a coincidence they knew what was gonna happen
@@screeneddiamond3880 smh, there wasn’t even enough time for them to fix the open promenade to look like titanic..
@@screeneddiamond3880they arent similar at all under the hood but go off ig
Olympic has to be one of my favorite liners. Her career was so eventful and really showed what the class would have been capable of. Mark Chirnside's book on Old Reliable is a must read for anyone interested in the storied life of the proud ship.
Thanks for your very kind and generous comments. :-)
@@mark_chirnside anytime, Mark. Been a fan of your work for a very long time now.
Thank you for the recommendation!! I’ll defs check it out :)
WW1 veterans
Nothing like a true steam powered Ocean Liner, the adventure of sailing on a four funnel liner. Switching from coal to oil was a big step to making the boiler room more habitable and making for a more efficient turn-around time. Thanks to Oceanliner Designs for another great watch. Vintage steam now and forever......
Three one was a dummy
@@ebddenby8439 ya for better looks only👍
Fuel to oil isn't even a matter of habitation. It's reliability and manpower. Coal requires constant manual stoking. Oil can be pumped from central tanks for automatic firing. The boilers of an oil-fired ship are basically light it and forget it. It's so much cheaper and reliable to run oil-powered.
@Arun Ajay fourth was used for the fireplace, for the kitchen and venting air from the boiler room. It just wasnt connected to the boilers
Never a dull day on the Olympic...
As prone to disaster as she was, she never said “I’m done” and never perished
Olympic is one of the most underrated ships of all time. Change my mind…
I love your Olympic series as she is by far my favorite ship. It's a good thing to see her quarter century of history being displayed to other ocean liner enthusiasts. Keep up the good work 👍.
Yes it’s my 2nd fav behind the Aquataina
@@Waiting_to_Exhale_erasame here except britannic is number 1
8:05. Adriatic was basically the immediate forerunner to Olympic, as Adriatic had many innovative features that were later incorporated into Olympic’s design (Turkish bath, swimming pool, gymnasium, elevators, dining saloon with separate small tables instead of the traditional long benches).
The intro is Dazzling!
HA I see what you did there!
Really tho
I'm glad to see somebody covering Olympic's post-war career.
That shot of the three Olympic-class ships was beautiful! And the beginning, with the submarine? Wow!
I had never heard that story, either. Could you imagine if the torpedo had detonated?
White Star would've been sunk right there with Olympic. Or maybe the loss would've hastened the building of the MV Britannic? Who knows? Things would sure be very different!
Thanks for the excellent video, another excellent piece from Mike Brady!
@TheHylianBatman Ye! If Olympic sank in this accident it would struck reputation for WSL and probably would become the most famous and terrible sea disaster,could ve even beat TITANIC.
@@SmOOtHCrIIImInAL I don't know if I'd go that far, but it would definitely become infamous!
@@SmOOtHCrIIImInAL don’t forget the German Wilhelm Gustav. Excuse the spelling over 9000 people on one ship
@TheHylianBatman the olympic had like 7k troops on board. A sudden torpedo hit jamming watertight doors would probably cause mass panic among the 7k people clogging the stairs. Most likely barely any people would make it out.
@@SmOOtHCrIIImInAL It was wartime. Losing a military ship to enemy action in wartime wouldn't have any effect on the reputation of the company that owned said ship. It's war, you lose men and equipment every day. If it wasn't enemy action, sure, that's pretty bad, because you could've lost that ship just as easily in peacetime, but it's not as if passengers after the war are going to be worried about what will happen to the ship if they get struck by a torpedo
I was going to have a video free night. Then I got this notification. Damn you Mike Brady and your slick style and silver ship talking tongue. :-) love it.
Sorry Ant :D May as well enjoy the ride!
@@OceanlinerDesigns and of course I did. The Olympic class is Only my favourite topic in The world.
I cannot believe Olympic was never used in any of the Titanic films made before her scrapping
Well, they didn’t really start making decent films about the Titanic until after the Olympic was scrapped, but there really should be a movie about ships that tried to dash to the Titanic’s rescue when it was sinking including the Olympic.
Wow I didn't know Olympic had a oil fire. Thank for tell us Mike. Can't wait to see the next part of Olympic's history.
I just can’t imagine the frustration and despair of losing two out of three giant ships someone built and was proud of.
Mike, I'm really enjoying your videos.
A bit of Olympic history you may not know (but probably do!), in the mid 30s, movie producer David O. Selznick, who later made Gone With the Wind, heard about the Olympic being retired and seriously considered buying the liner and using it as a set for a film about the Titanic. He would then sink it out past Catalina Island for those scenes. He ultimately decided it wasn't practical and dropped the idea.
It would have been amazing!
Thanks for all the hard work and education!
that woulda been so cool 😭😭
This video confirms my respect for the Olympic, she was a legend, the truly unsikable, but i wish that the britannic and Titanic would be there with her, but is only imagine, great video mike
Beautiful work!
In my opinion, your masterpiece so far...
Still hoping you will do the 1906 RMS MAURETANIA, some day in the future.
Your channel is quite unique, Michael. No need for using images from somewhere else, because you do your own, very well!
Greetings from Brazil!
You also have a special talent to tell stories, apart from drawing and designing ships, Mike. Keep it up! Regards from Spain.
lol spain
I love the video opening! It's rather like Titanic movies when you are watching with the vain hope she will avoid the iceberg. Fortunately, in Olympic's case she had a good fortune her sister lacked.
Always good to see more Olympic. She deserves to be remembered and celebrated for her triumphal career.
The OLYMPIC will always be my favorite ship ever.
Another great video Mike, top CGI too! As a dirty sun-dodging submariner myself, I had no idea Olympic had such a lucky escape!
Gotta say: Olympic class was prepared for torpedoes. There was no chance a torpedo would sunk her. It would damage her, I agree, but there is no chance she would sink.
Cannot tell you how fantastic all your videos are. The facts and details, the illustrations and graphics are all absolutely first class.
Thanks Mike, great video as usual. It's great to see Olympic get some much deserved love from more than one youtuber. She is my favorite by a country mile because of her colorful career and unmatched grace. Looking forward to the next video.
This was great stuff Mike, really liked the no nonsense facts about this ship. A truly underrated favourite in some ways and eclipsed by her sister for all the wrong reasons! Looking forward to my order of the 1933 format in due course! ⚓JH
Great video covering a less talked about portion of Olympic’s life
Very, *VERY* well-made, and an absolute joy to watch! 👍
These videos are so stunning! Know that your hard work/effort is greatly appreciated! Thank you.
I really enjoyed this! Thanks for a great history lesson on these magnificent ocean liners! Looking forward to your next post! Cheers, Mike!
✌🏻🙂✌🏻
A new Olympic video? You love to see it!
Thanks Mike, for another top-notch production. Keep 'em coming!
Olympic is one of the greatest ships in history
Still keeping an eye out for when you'll revisit this series with Olympic's final years; the "alternate history" videos for Titanic and Britannic had me mulling the idea of one for Olympic - one where Cunard-White Star takes a look at the structural and electrical issues with Berengaria and Majestic and decides to remove those two from service before getting rid of Olympic. Throw in a few more stays of scrapping, and she gets called up for WWII ... although to be fair, that's going to look a lot like Aquitania's WWII career with the possible addition of a few Axis ship captains having to explain how a 30-year old ocean liner went Mad Max on them.
God they’d be the laughingstock of the axis powers
Not sure if it would be in bad taste or not, but maybe an alternate history where instead of Aquitania it's Olympic that Kormoran is lying in wait for, with HMAS Sydney never entering the picture and either Olympic going down after vanquishing one last obstacle or coming into port with a crumpled bow, some shell holes, and a report of "you should see the other guy."
Olympic was really lucky and really did had close calls. by far my 2nd favorite behind Oceanic II of 1899!
your attention to details and just the editing aswell as the story telling is amazing! keep it up. this is truly quality content! ❤
_Loucap
She rammed & sank a u boat too, the only civilian ship to do so!
@@jimcrawford5039 UC78 was rammed and sunk by the steamer Queen Alexandra off Cherbourg on 9 May, 1918.
I loved the intro so much, really dazzling! Also I see what you wanted to show on stream last week @10:40 if I'm not mistaken, great video as always Mike!
I *sea* what you did there
Your knowledge is an inspiration Mike! Really enjoying your videos!
Thanks Craig! :)
Dazzle camouflage is awesome, thanks for including it!
Great animations, that intro in particular gave chills. Thanks Mike, this was really entertaining. Pt 2 when????
Beautiful! As a Titanic (and sisters) nerd there was still plenty I didn't know in this video! So many dramatic events. Imagine a drama series made about Olympic! It could run for seasons. :)
Great work Mike, thanks for the insightful content.
Love your videos. Thanks for another great one.
Well done Mike!!!! Very interesting facts about Olympic's early post WWI rebirth!!!! Thank you!
The Olympic class was dreamt up several years before 1909 by White Star.
Just discovered this channel and was very impressed but he commentary. Great job Mike.
DAMNIT: I NEED MORE!! 😂 I can wait though. It's great to see Part 2 of your Olympic series is finally out. I'll admit I never knew she was also known as The Film-Star Liner as one of her many nicknames, so that's something new I learned today.
Nor did I know she ran down Leviathan and sparked a rivalry with the former German liner, although it makes sense considering she was renowned for her seakeeping abilities in even the harshest of weather, whereas her peers in comparison, such as Leviathan, would have to heave-to. That sounded fun. :D _-(and maybe that's also where that one piece of fanart I saw came from...)-_
Despite her unquestionable popularity, however, she just didn't seem to be in the same league as vessels like Aquitania, Majestic, and Berengaria, who wasn't mentioned, in terms of passengers carried, as you both described here and also according to Mark Chirnside. It only makes me wonder what could've been if all 3 Olympic-class liners saw service together: would the three of them be able to stand atop the mountain as the cream of the transatlantic crop - most likely due to their reliable service - or would they be overshadowed anyway by their Cunard and German rivals?
It also makes me wonder what could've been for White Star if Oceanic was completed. They would've had Homeric on the Liverpool run more likely than not, and then they'd also have Oceanic, Majestic, and Olympic on the main Southampton run. Depending on how long they would've operated together before Olympic and Majestic's retirement, White Star probably would've dominated. It's a shame.
I'm going off much more than I expected to though, so I'll just stop it right there. Excellent watch once again Mike. Just got back from Canada a few hours ago - been about 2 years since I've seen my family there - so it's nice to have some fresh content. :) 👍
Brilliant video and moving tribute to the real unsinkable ship
Her middle sister died as a young child and youngest sister died serving her country. Olympic persevered through horrible traumatic losses of her two younger sistera
Brilliant video! Liked it a lot! Top marks 👍👍
Thank you, Mike, for bringing another outstanding presentation to us. Your work is that of a professional. It's so well done and it's educational as well as entertaining.
What a great ship the Olympic was. Wouldn't it have been something to be a 1920's passenger aboard the Olympic!
Another Great Video Mike, can you please do a video on the coal bunkering of the Olympic. With a highly technical explanation of the coal bunker hatches. Also a more indepth of it's conversion to oil as you always explain things very well, with your pictures?
Id fucking love that olympic evening sailing as a desktop background, especially with radom events like muretania passing by
The only thing I remember for certain is that she got a stern catwalk, had her crane arms painted brown, and the woodwork in the grand staircase was darkened, she had her lifeboats cleaned up, and some more spaces were added onto the less popular B-Deck promenade.
Another thing is that Olympic’s staircase linoleum was replaced with the blue-ish-green linoleum of Britannic’s, which was never installed :)
@@DerpyPossum Yes, I forgot about that.
I love the Olympic. In speaking of passengers, on that fateful night in April, 1912, when the Olympic made that mad dash to try to go help her sister, one of the passengers onboard the Olympic was none other than orchestra conductor Arturo Toscanini.
That guy just can’t get a break from shipwreck connections, can he? He was also supposed to sail on the Lusitania in May of 1915!
Olympic was tasked not to save the Titanic’s passengers due to how similar she was to her. A near-identical ship would be seen as trauma-inducing.
Love the Details of the Video, Thank you for this cool Video.
I didn’t even know about the fire after her overhaul. Thanks for another informative video
Love this video ! Especially the opening 🤩 Feels like watching a movie!
Aaaaah, Mr Brady my friend - if you and I ever actually meet I feel I'll need to just block out a week in my diary, we'd have many a long fireside chat. Absolutely love these videos of yours where you combine history with some sociological analysis - truly wonderful stuff. Between that and your content on how they come up with effects in movies (one of my other hyper fixations), Im always waiting for your next one :)
The animations on these videos are top tier, i love the animations for this video and the SS United States video especially since they just look gorgeous to look at. Well done and thank you for the animations and pictures of such wonderful beauties.
Can’t find the final segment you said you’d be doing on Olympic! Have you hit the pause button on doing that video?
Nice job putting this video together
I love your videos my friend mike Brady.😊
Perfect! I'm a big fan of yours man and please make more animations of the sinking of the Titanic I love your work :D
Great video as always sir
A very intresting video as a titanic fan its always good to learn more about her sisters plus as i own a couple of pieces of the decking from olympic its nice to know more about her history
Love you have found your unique style!😊
She was literally so awesome, I wish she was as famous as Titanic
you know, if any ship deserved to be preserved, it would have been RMS Olympic. And considering she did not get preserved, she deserves to have a replica of her.
Great video like always!!
Another great video, keep it up sir!
Another great and informative video, Olympic is one of my favorite liners, and it’s great to have this almost miniseries about her and the changes that white star line applied(?) to her throughout her career.
On a bit of a unreliable note, would it be possible for you to cover Rederiaktiebolaget Sverige-Nordamerika, or as they were know after the name change in 1925, Svenska Amerika Linjen, in english: Swedish American Line. They appear to be almost the small giant of the big companies, with their first two ships being older vessels, the S/S Stockholm, ex Potsdam, purchased in 1915, and sold in 1929, and the S/S Drottningholm, ex Virginian, purchased in 1920 and sold in 1948.
After these two ships, all further ocean liners would be new builds and would use diesel power exclusively, including the very first diesel powered ocean liner, the M/S gripsholm of 1923
SAL would go on and be fairly successful until their demise and eventual bankruptcy in the early eighties
My Great Grandfather, was the Marine Architect in charge of the Post-War refit (I have seen a copy of the document where he signed off on the refit). He had worked on Olympics' sister ship the Titanic, I do not know if he had worked on the other two sisters when they were constructed.
He had started on is career as a Parsons employee. I wonder whether his specialisation in marine turbines was why he was chosen to oversee the changes to Olympic and her propulsion?
very interesting videos and great production
I love this intro.It’s so creative !
2:09 - 2:19
I loved this bit
Nice sound mixing too
Lovely video of Old Reliable. Such a colorful and adventurous lifespan The Olympic was able to enjoy. If only the powers that were could have saved her and preserved her in some way, as a treasure of maritime history and as a memorial to the loss of her sisters. At the very least, the Olympic class liners are kept in popular memory thanks to photos, film reels, and other artifacts that prove they once existed. The irony is that Titanic and Britannic are still here in a sense as their wrecks can still be observed, but Olympic is largely gone.
Olympic has always been my favorite ship. I really wish Honor and Glory would start making their models again, as I’d really love a good accurate Olympic model. I especially love her in her 20’s condition with the extra lifeboats and lowered gold stripe. Most beautiful ship ever built!
I’d love a series covering Aquitania’s long career at some point.
Is there followup? I cannot find video :( I'm curious about next years. Sure I can just read wikipedia, but I like narrator :)
Great video Mike! And I see you followed the old show business adage at the end:
"Always leave 'em wanting more!"
I have to wonder, IF that torpedo wasn't a dud, would it have been enough to sink Olympic? Considering how the watertight compartments were arranged, and the athwartships coal bunkers, would one torpedo have done the job? If I recall right there was another White Star liner sunk during WW1, the name escapes me but it was a smaller ship and it took three torpedoes to sink it.
Looking forward to the next chapter! Thanks!
That's actually great question. You're thinking of SS Cymric, tough ship.
@@ChickVicious237 THAT'S the one! Thanks! Tough ship all right!
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 There was also the SS _Justicia,_ which was struck with *six* torpedoes before she was sunk.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Justicia
@@Daniel_Huffman Wow, another tough ship! Which makes me thing Olympic's chances of survival if that torpedo detonated were probably pretty good. Harland and Wolf built 'em good!
@wayne antoniazzi the carpathia got hit by 3 torpedoes and it sank in 2 hours holy shit it didnt go down without a fight, only 5 fatalities too.
Great video, thank you
Great video!
Titanic: I had a coal fire where it wasn’t supposed to be
Olympic: I had a oil fire where it wasn’t supposed to be
very nice video Mr Liner
Delightful. Thank you.
I never knew there was a fire on the ship. Olympic was lucky to survive as long as she did.
I'd love to see an overview of all of Olympics refits, of course, supported by your beautiful illustrations.
Love the content.
highly appreciate the Silent Hunter audio used for this
Hi Michael, new discoverer and subscriber and love your work! I'm building a trio of the 3 Olympic sisters as radio control versions of Bruce Ismays 'vision' (i.e. Britannic in WSL colours) and loved your clip at 10:27 showing them all like that.
What software are you suing for the animations? I was particularly interested in the porthole light configuration of Olympic at 12:25? I'm trying to decide what portholes to light up so was interested in how you decided on the configuration.
A great way to start a Sunday 👌👏⚓
Great video! It's crazy to think that If that torpedo had detonated that would of been the end of the Olympic class
I love that dazzle camouflage on her, just such a unique style of camo
I love the new introduction!
Great video
Hey Mr Brady, I was wondering if u will ever do a video about Germanys super liner named "SS Bremen" because its amazing to watch you're videos about these amazing ships, and I personally think that would be a pretty cool video to make.
P.S I made a ship from the 1930s look like Titanic to say what if Titanic 2 was built in the 30s
Honestly Olympic might be one of my favorite ships