![]() ![]() The sister ships brought the Blue Riband back to the company and re-established Cunard as the preeminent shipping line in the North Atlantic. In this competitive climate, on a warm summer evening in 1907, a plan was hatched. The managing director of White Star Line, J. After the dinner, the two planned to create the most luxurious ships in the world.īruce Ismay, and senior partner and chairman of the shipyard Harland and Wolff, Lord Pirrie, conspired to build a ship bigger and more luxurious than its rival company, The Cunard Line. ![]() ![]() They set their plans to create the Olympic, Titanic, and Gigantic (later renamed Britannic) which would be ready 1911, 1912, and 1913 respectively. There was still money to be made in transporting the Royal Mail, so White Star Line Olympic class ships became R.M.S. Of the three Olympic class ships, only one, the Olympic, was profitable. The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage in April of 1912 and the Britannic was used as a British hospital ship in WWI and in 1916 she sunk after hitting a mine. The Olympic also served in WWI, but earned the nickname “Old Reliable” as it was reported to have carried up to 201,000 troops and other personnel. In 1927, the White Star Line was purchased by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. The onset of the great depression hurt the shipping fleet. By 1933, both the White Star Line and Cunard Line were in serious financial trouble. On the two rivals merged, creating Cunard White Star Limited and by 1949, the line reverted to using the name Cunard. The last surviving White Star Line ship is the Nomadic, which is to be restored with help from Harland & Wolff and Nomadic Preservation Trust. Every April 15th, all Cunard ships raise the White Star flag in honor of the sinking of the Titanic.The first version of Ship Simulator was released in 2006 and was titled Ship Simulator 2006. The user can steer various ships, amongst others a Rotterdam water taxi, a container ship and even the ill-fated RMS Titanic, in various weather conditions and in 3 real life harbours, which are Rotterĭam, Hamburg and Phi Phi Islands in Thailand, plus a fourth harbour, New York City was later released as a free download. A game element is added to the simulation by means of 40 "missions" which have to be completed as fast or as accurately as possible. Users can also design their own missions, and share with others. The game has a built-in scenario editor to create new missions. The Official Ship Simulator 2006 Add-On was released in February 2007. This is an expansion pack with 6 additional ships and extra features such as ship walk-throughs. Ship Simulator 2008 released in July 2007 in Germany and the UK. SINKING SHIP SIMULATOR SHIP PACK SIMULATOR It contains 7 ports and 8 open sea environments. This version also features waves, weather, day/night time transitions, damage to vessels, and new boats and ships. SINKING SHIP SIMULATOR SHIP PACK SIMULATOR. ![]()
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