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Of White Star's three ships of this type, the Olympic lasted the longest. The Brittanic was sunk in the Mediterranean while functioning as a hospital ship during WWI. The Olympic was called Old Reliable, and was finally broken up in 1937. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Olympic

And then, of course, the third ship of the type was the Titanic.

Actually, the Titanic was the second. The Brittanic (originally called Gigantic) was the third. After the Titanic went down they put her on hold for a bit, building up the watertight compartments and adding a lot more lifeboats. She never got a chance to be a passenger liner, though.

Amazing photo! Thank you once again LOC!

Haven't parts of the Olympic been used in a pub in England or Ireland?

This photo or very similar ones were published in several newspapers, e.g.,
Amarillo Daily News., June 12, 1921, PICTURE PRESS GRAVURE SECTION, page 22
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042551/1921-06-12/ed-...
The [New Orleans] Herald., June 09, 1921, Image 12
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064020/1921-06-09/ed-...

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Thanks, swanq, we can add bio info here and elsewhere.

This must have been taken sometime in 1916. Olympic was chartered by the Canadian government in that year for troop transport and was still painted in wartime grey with blackened funnels (as shown). In 1917, and until the end of the war, she was painted in dazzle camouflage.

James Mogey Thanks for catching this for us - the date has been updated here and in our database.

Definitely 1916, probably October, as this image closely matches one in the archives of the Cape Breton Military History Collections, found here.
www.capebretonmilitaryhistory.com/collections/main-theme-...

LoricTheMad Thanks for the additional information! We've updated the date to reflect the likelihood of the photo being taken in October of 1916.