Titanic and Olympic

Subject: RE: Titanic and Olympic
From: GUEST,Little Robyn
Date: 18 Dec 02 - 06:49 PM

So what was the relationship between the White Star Line and the Shaw Saville & Albion Company in London?
My Grandmother came out to New Zealand with her family in July 1900 on the Gothic (I still have the original boat ticket) and the cost was sixty three pounds for 2 adults, 4 children and a baby.
According to Henry Brett - White Wings pub 1924, other 'ic' ships owned by the company included Doric, Ionic, Coptic and Corinthic.
The Gothic, at 7,755 tons, was quite a large ship compared with others that brought settlers to New Zealand, but very small compared with Titanic and Olympic.

Subject: RE: Titanic and Olympic
From: Hrothgar
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 03:48 AM

The White Star boats were named by classicists - Titanic, Olympic, etc, while the Shaw Savill boats were all named after tribes - I can remember Coptic, Aramaic, Illyric, Ionic etc from my shipping days (before a lot of the old shipping companies were consolidated after the introduction of containers).

That was a shame - somehow Associated Container Transportation just doesn't have the flavour of Ellerman and Bucknall, Shaw, Savill and Albion, Blue Funnel Line, and the rest.

Subject: RE: Titanic and Olympic
From: Gareth
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 07:28 AM

Hmmm ! for History of UK Shipping lines - you could do worse than CLICK 'ERE

Gareth

Subject: RE: Titanic and Olympic
From: Bev and Jerry
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 11:02 PM

Nice site, Gareth.

Bev and Jerry

Subject: RE: Titanic and Olympic
From: Hrothgar
Date: 20 Dec 02 - 12:57 AM

Onya, Gareth.