The Olympic And The Hawke : A Contemporary Discourse

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

• | Author: E. Bellasis, Thomas Cornwall
• | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Sep 20, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 78 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1976478820
• | ISBN-13: 9781976478826