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gordonphilbin In reply to NorthaDawn [2018-03-09 12:55:50 +0000 UTC]
And just four years apart for each loss.
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gordonphilbin In reply to NorthaDawn [2018-03-09 13:00:15 +0000 UTC]
For the Olympic, she had to be scrapped in 1934/35.
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NorthaDawn In reply to gordonphilbin [2018-03-09 13:01:15 +0000 UTC]
At the bright side, she's reunited with her sisters, and she left a legacy of success, especially in World War I.
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NorthaDawn In reply to JacobWestern11 [2018-03-09 12:45:22 +0000 UTC]
I agree, sad to see Olyvia trying to live it down. I actually teared up making this drawing, in fact.
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NorthaDawn In reply to Gentleman6 [2018-03-08 13:20:43 +0000 UTC]
The moment I drew her outline, I was like, wait a minute, isn't Olympic the only one to not sink?
Yeah, it's pretty unfortunate that Nikki and Brittney sunk, and imagine being in Olyvia's shoes, having to live through both her sisters sinking, and getting some blame in Nikki's own where they say that she could have saved Titanic's passengers (In reality though, Carpathia's captain told her not to).
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Gentleman6 In reply to NorthaDawn [2018-03-08 13:42:52 +0000 UTC]
Yeah she was scrapped in 1938 i think due to a collission with a fireboat called nantucket. They feared she would cause the same things like Nicci and Brittney.
Olyvia did receive her sister's call for help but she was to far away to help. SS Frankfurt, The Californian, Cap Verde....all these people tried to help but only Cathy was able to save at least the survivors of the sinking....
I'm pretty sure she still has nightmares of seeing her sister sinking but not been able to help.
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NorthaDawn In reply to Gentleman6 [2018-03-08 23:25:30 +0000 UTC]
Adding to that, the Great Depression didn't help Olyvia's situation at all, and she carried very few passengers in those years because she became obsolete compared to the newer ships of the 30's.
The moment she received Nikki's call for help, she quickly changed course and she raced to rescue her passengers even though she was extremely far away. She was told by Carpathia's captain to stop going for the rescue because the Carpathia was closer and the survivors might fear that if they saw the Olympic, they'll think that it was the ghost of the ship that they just saw sink, because Olympic looks almost the same as Titanic. It must've been extremely difficult to break the ice about Nikki's sinking.
But at least Olyvia will go down a hero, being the only troop ship to sink a U-boat and carried about 100,000 troops in WWI. She truly deserved the nickname "Old Reliable"
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Gentleman6 In reply to NorthaDawn [2018-03-09 02:42:55 +0000 UTC]
True dat i'd say! She sure was and still is today for me a reliable (I don't wanna call her old or i might get slapped for that) and safe ship ^^
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