Did you know the Titanic had sisters?

Everyone knows about the Titanic, a passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,514 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. The Titanic carried 2,223 people. The Titanic was one of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line, the Titanic was built between 1909–11 by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast

Did you know that the Titanic had a sisters? The Titanic belonged to the  White Star trio, Olympic, Titanic and Britannic.

The Olympic was the first of the trio of White Star Liners. Launched on October 20th,1910 Under the command of Captain E.J. Smith (who was later to command the Titanic) she sailed on June 14th 1911 on her Maiden voyage to New York.

On 1st September 1915 the Olympic was requisitioned by the British Government for war service as a troopship. Later she received a coat of dazzle paint designed to confuse enemy observers. The Olympic found its place in history when it struck and sank a German submarine, U103.

After the war the ship returned to commercial service, and despite her early mishaps, she gained an affectionate following and earned the nickname "Old Reliable". On May 15th, 1934 the Olympic collided with the Nantucket lightship with the loss of 7 lives.

Britannic was launched on 26 February 1914 at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. On August 1914 the First World War broke out. On 13th November 1915 the Britannic was requisitioned as a hospital ship becoming HMHS (His Majesty's Hospital Ship) Britannic.

On 8:12am on 21st November 1916 Britannic struck a mine, some say it was a torpedo, in the Kea Channel, Aegean Sea. The Britannic began to sink in a much like her sister's end in 1912.

The Ships were famous for their grandure, with delicate attention to detail.

Three beautiful Sister ships, three very similar tragedic endings.