At the beginning of the 20th century, White Star Line (WSL) built three ocean liners with the idea of ​​becoming the first company to handle the crossing from Europe to American shores. These ships, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica (British data platform), were the Olympic, the Titanic and the Britannic.

Unlike its competitors, the WSL offered luxury trips across the Atlantic. An article published by National geographic Spain, in June 2023, explains that the ships were the largest and most luxurious that existed until 1900. The first class cabins were spacious, while the second and third class rooms were the same as in any hotel or office.

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The first ship to embark on the high seas was the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Olympic in 1911, while the Titanic and the Britannic began operations in 1912 and 1915, respectively. However, the article National geographic Spain claims that the eldest of the “brothers” was the only one to survive an accident without sinking. What stories do you know of him?

The RMS Titanic was an ocean liner that sank between the night of April 14 and the morning of April 15, 1912, on her maiden voyage, when she collided with an iceberg while en route to New York, the UNITED STATES. Due to the magnitude of the accident, it became one of the most famous tragedies in history.

On the night of the crash, Olympic received distress messages and set course for Titanic’s coordinates. However, his “older brother” was almost a thousand kilometers away, and halfway he received a message from a ship called Carpathiansdeclaring that the rescue of the survivors was over.