1/200 HMT Olympic
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RMS Olympic is White Star the first Olympic class cruise ship, but also the sister ship of the RMS Titanic and RMS British . Harland Wolff shipyard started in December 16, 1908, it launched in 1910. Since 1912 the Titanic shipwreck,Olympic lessons were recalled its shipyards to build an improved structure.
In World War I, HMT Olympic requisitioned by the Royal Navy as a troop transport equipment and some artillery, and the appearance of painted camouflage.Olympic on the way May 12, 1918 return to Southampton found German submarine U-103, because the camouflage paint played a confusing role, U boat is no way to launch an effective attack, eventually striking submarine captain ordered the Olympic, 800 tons submarines will soon be split more than 40,000 tons of cruise.
After the war, the White Star Company's financial crisis, forced the company merged with Cunard. The new company in 1937, the disintegration of the RMS Olympic.