This Day in History Entry #36

October 20th, 2009 by Wordsman

Though her sister’s more famous by far
Olympic better served the White Star
This big ship stayed afloat
Even sank a U-boat
For her class, she was well above par

Event: Launch of RMS Olympic, sister ship to RMS Titanic
Year: 1910
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Olympic

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  1. Gramma F Says:

    I figured I should know this, so I checked it out. Here is a good link you probably already know:

    http://www.titanic-whitestarships.com/Olympic_1911.htm

    There is one sin – the writer spells “torpedoes” “torpedo’s” – aargh!

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