Scale model of Titanic and Olympic

Model of the sister ships Olympic & Titanic, built in Harland & Wolff’s model shop c.1911 for promotional display by the White Star Line. 

Olympic and Titanic were intended to overshadow the rival Cunard liners, Lusitania and Mauretania, on the North Atlantic run.  They were one and a half times larger than the Cunard ships and were designed to offer ultimate luxury in ocean travel, rather than compete in terms of the highest speed.