On the 2nd of March 1912, the Titanic and Olympic (the Titanic's sister ship), were photographed side-by-side at Belfast docks (as you can see above).
The Titanic and Olympic were almost identical, but there were some differences to the two ships. For example, the Titanic was slightly larger than the Olympic, when she was completed. The completion of the Olympic took place about a year before the completion of the Titanic. Olympic's maiden voyage was on the 14th of June 1911 - she had her maiden voyage on the same path of the Titanic's maiden voyage; from Southampton, to Cherbourg in France, and then Queenstown in Ireland, before making her way across the Atlantic Ocean to New York City. Unlike Titanic, Olympic made it to New York City. Olympic's maiden voyage was a success. However, the Olympic was not free from its own ill-fate. Just several months after the Olympic's maiden voyage, the Olympic had it's own collision. Olympic's collision was with another ship - HMS Hawke, rather than an iceberg - this collision is known as the Hawke Collision, which happened on the 20th of September 1911. In a strange twist of fate, Captain Edward Smith, who was also captain during the Titanic's collision, was also captain of the Olympic as the time of the Hawke Collision. However, Captain Smith was sleeping during the Titanic's collision with the iceberg - it was First Officer Murdoch who was in charge of the Titanic at the time. The Olympic was damaged by the Hawke collision. It took several weeks for the Olympic to be repaired, followed by the Olympic returning to sea. However, by February (1912) of the following year, just a few months after the Hawke Collision, the Olympic lost a propeller and had to return to Belfast docks to get repaired. The repair on the Olympic began on the 2nd of March 1912, and was complete on the 7th of March 1912. Due to the repairs on the Olympic, the Titanic's maiden voyage was delayed.
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