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The sister ship 'OLYMPIC" was in a rear collision with a navel ship to which the government found the Naval ship not liable making the "Olympic" owners pay for the damages..The Olympic became not insurable and basically worthless..in fixing the ship the dressed it up to look like "Titanic" and they became twins with only a few minute differences. They switched names while a series of dry dock switches where done and the mostly broken "Olympic" sank when the Capt run it into the iceberg on the damage side that they had replaced alot of the front to stern plates. They collected the insurance and sailed the Titanic as the Olympic.

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Did the RMS Titanic have any sister ships?

The Titanic's sister ships were called the Olympic and the Britannic. The Olympic was the 'lead ship' and built first. The Britannic was built after the Titanic and was originally going to be called the Gigantic.


What are the names of titanic' sister ship?

Titanic had a sister ship built similar but a little different to her and it was called RMS Britannica. Titanic had a TRUE sister ship called RMS Olympic. Olympic was already being built at the same time Titanic was getting built at Harland and Wolf shipyard. Olympic also being built at the Harland and Wolf shipyard in Belfast. Titanic cost $7,500,000 to build in 1912. After the Titanic disaster the White Star Line, builder of those ships, was bought out by the Cunard line because of financial reasons after the Titanic disaster and Cunard owns what you may know today is the Queen Mary. Oh and if you were wondering what R.M.S. stands for? It stands for Royal Mail Steamer.Olympic (older sister) Titanic (middle sister) then Britannic (which later was switched with the name Gigantic) the baby sister.


Did the RMS Olympic sink?

No. The White Star Line made a line of ships. The Titanic, The Britannic, and the Olympic. The Titanic and the Britannic sank but the Olympic is in storage. The Olympic did not sink it was called old reliable and served for 25 yrs before being scrapped. It was the most successful of its two other sister ships, the Titanic and Britannic.


Would i be the Titanic's britanics and Olympics sister if you were born on the day the titanic set sail but not the same year?

No, you would not.


Was the britannic bigger than the titanic?

There was no ship called Britannic Titanic; there was a White Star Line ship named Britannic. Of the two (Britannic and Titanic), the Britannic was larger.