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Description: | The Gymnasium aboard the Olympic and her sister ships Titanic and Gigantic (renamed Britannic) were approximately 44 ft long. They were all equipped with the most modern equipment of the time. There were several pieces of apparatus which simulated horse and camel riding, cycling and rowing. The gym also contained some weights and other equipment which the First Class passengers could use to keep fit. They were all supervised by an instructor.
R.M.S Olympic was built at the Harland and wolff ship yard in Belfast, London at a cost of US $7,500,000. She was launched on October 20, 1910 and entered passenger service in 1911, serving the White Star Line. She served the North Atlantic route, sailing from Southampton Docks.
She was one of a trio of sister ships which were built at the beginning of the twentieth century. The others were called Titanic (1912) and Gigantic (later renamed Britannic) (1914). The sister ships were almost identical in design. R.M.S Olympic however could be distinguished by her open first class promenade. The first class promenade on Titanic and Britannic was partially closed. This was because modifications had been made to Titanic and Britannic (whom came into service later) after Olympic passengers complained of spray coming from the sea onto the promenade.
Unlike her other sister ships, R.M.S Olympic had a much more longer and successful life as a liner than her other sister ships. She served the North Atlantic route for the White Star Line until 1935, when she retired and was turned into scrap. When she went to the scrap yard parts of her interiors were taken out first and were sold to buyers all over the country. Some of her interiors can still be seen in peoples homes today. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | National Monuments Record (English Heritage) | Subjects: | gigantic White star Line Olympic Britannic gymnasium Harland and Wolff ocean liners | Temporal: | start=1910-10-20; end=1935-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Copied by: National Monuments Record (English Heritage) | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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