CHAPTER 1.0 - The INTRODUCTION: Construction, Launching, and Sea Trials

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She was the second ship of The Olympic Class. (the Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic)

She was designed by four main designers, Thomas Andrews, Alexander Carlisle, Lord Pirrie, and Edward Wilding.




On 29th July 1908...

The design for the Titanic was approved.


The design for the Olympic Class were submitted by the main designers of the Titanic in Belfast on July 29th, 1908 and was approved by Bruce Ismay and other White Star directors.

Carlisle's drawings show that Titanic incorporated a number of innovative naval design features, including the division of the hull into a series of virtually watertight compartments.

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