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Vessel1911-1935

RMS Olympic

RMS Titanic's sister ship, built consecutively at Harland & Wolff to a nearly identical design; entered service in June 1911, collided with HMS Hawke in September 1911, and was retired and scrapped in 1935-37.

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Theories & Explanations

  • Titanic-Olympic Switch Theory

    RMS Olympic has proposed explanation Titanic-Olympic Switch Theory — Claims the genuine Titanic continued in commercial service disguised as Olympic until Olympic's 1935 retirement.

Objects & Artifacts

  • RMS Titanic

    RMS Olympic is frequently compared to RMS Titanic — Sister ships built consecutively at Harland & Wolff to a near-identical design; the visual similarity the switch theory's disguise claim depends on.

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