The RMS Olympic, the Titanic's twin sister, came to a halt in March 1912. This happened just weeks before the Titanic was set to set sail; something which set the Titanic's journey back.
The Titanic and the RMS Olympic were virtually identical. You can't really make out the difference between the RMS Olympic and the Titanic. A photo shows the two ships below in early March 1912.
The RMS Olympic already was at sea; she had her maiden voyage on the 14th of June 1911 from Southampton.
Just under a year later, the Titanic would follow in the Olympics footsteps. The Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton on the 10th of April 1912. The RMS Olympic shared some other similarities with the Titanic: . Captain Smith was captain of both ships. . They had the same maiden voyage path. Both left Southampton, to go to Cherbourg, then to Queenstown, and finally out into the Atlantic Ocean to set sail to New York. Unlike the Titanic, the RMS Olympic did not hit an iceberg and sink on her maiden voyage. However, she was a cursed ship. The Olympic had several collisions. Including the one that docked her at Belfast in early March 1912. Olympic had to get repairs done, due to a problem being lost while she was at sea. This resulted in Titanic's maiden voyage being delayed from the 20th of March to the 10th of April.
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