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On 12th July 1924, Olympic (#Titanic's sister) enters Southampton's floating dry dock for the 1st time, assisted by tugs.
📸: Pics taken at different times, not necessarily in 1924

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On 15th July 2006, after a few days' voyage from Le Havre, Nomadic (#Titanic's Tender) arrived in Belfast. She is now next to Titanic Belfast and open to the public.

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From first-time participants to returning runners, thank you for being part of this powerful day of remembrance and community.

Keep going—we’re cheering you on! #911Memorial4M

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On 4th July 2010, Gloria Stuart, who played the elderly Rose in #Titanic (1997), celebrated her 100th birthday in the presence of her family and some of the Titanic movie crew (James Cameron, Suzy Amis & Frances Fisher) at the ACE gallery in Beverly Hills.

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6th July 1912, on leaving New York, Olympic (#Titanic's sister) can no longer steer and ran aground on a mud bank off Ellis Island. The ship managed to free itself and was then towed to deep water for repairs. After a delay (± 90 minutes), she resumed her journey to Southampton.

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RMS Titanic: The Homecoming. America 250th, New York Harbor.

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On 2nd July 1914, White Star Line announced that Britannic (#Titanic's sister) would make her Maiden Voyage in the spring of 1915. But the ship never made a commercial career and was requisitioned, in November 1915, by the British Admiralty as a hospital ship during the war.

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On 4th July 1911, Olympic's (#Titanic's sister) return crossing nears its end. First stop: Plymouth. Some passengers disembark, along with mail, transferred to shore by small boats.
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2nd July 1911, Henry Scripps Booth continues recounting his family's journey aboard Olympic (#Titanic's sister).
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Aurora Australis from ISS

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@MeriaRmsTitanic Fun fact: during her brief lifetime, Titanic's propellers were never recorded or photographed. All photos of the propellers reported to be of Titanic were from her sister-ship, Olympic, taken during her outfit, to show the scale of what became the Olympic Class Ships.

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During an expedition to the wreck of the #Titanic, between 30th June and 16th July 1991, photographer Emory Kristof took a picture of the ship's starboard propeller from one of the Mir submersibles.

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'On June 30th the Campania was in view. I got acquainted with two girls, Constance Peabody and Katherine somebody'
Henry Scripps Booth, aboard Olympic (Titanic's sister)
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On 28th June 1911, the White Star Line ordered the third and last ship of the Olympic Class from the Harland & Wolff shipyards in #Belfast. The keel of the future Britannic (keel number 433) would be laid in a few months.
Her sister ships are the Olympic and the #Titanic.

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28th June 1911, after 1 week in New York, Olympic (#Titanic's sister) left Pier 59 for her eastbound crossing, the return of her Maiden Voyage, with about 2300 passengers on board. ± 10,000 people attended the departure. Her port of calls were Plymouth, Cherbourg & Southampton.

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29th June 1911, Olympic (#Titanic's sister) continues her North Atlantic crossing to Southampton.
Here's another excerpt from Henry Scripps Booth’s account of the voyage.
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23rd June 1911, it's the 1st open day for Olympic (#Titanic's sister). New Yorkers will be able to discover the inside of this giant. Admission fee was 50 cents and the money raised was donated to the Seamen's Charities.

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During the 2-day open doors, on 23rd and 24th June 1911, Olympic (#Titanic's sister) welcomed several thousand visitors on board.

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21st June 1911, after crossing the Atlantic Ocean, in 5 days, 16 hours et 42 minutes, Olympic (#Titanic's sister) completes its Maiden Voyage and arrives in New York.

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Today, it's the #OlympicDay