The Olympic and the Hawke: A contemporary discourse

By E.M. Bellasis and Thomas Cornwall

September 1911 and the White Star line was in a buoyant mood.

Their huge liner Olympic had been in service for three months and had proved to be very popular; and the new vessel, the Titanic would enter the Line's ranks in 7 months.

But in that month, the situation changed. Soon after setting out on its fifth voyage to New York, the ship collided with a Naval cruiser, the HMS Hawke. It seemed difficult to believe. How could such an event occur? Wasit deliberate sabotage, poor steering or a previously unsuspected force of nature?

This book discusses the arguments and debate surrounding the controversy, and includes the cogitations of an engineer, published in a rare volume soon afterthe accident

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1976478820
• ISBN13: 9781976478826
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.0"