Olympic

Japanese: Olympic
Olympic

…A tragic giant ship that collided with an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage. Together with its sister ship Olympic (45,324 gross tonnage), it was the first to exceed 40,000 tons. It was 269m long, 28m wide, had a gross tonnage of 46,439 tons, had three propellers, and could reach a speed of 21 knots.

*Some of the terms that mention "Olympic" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…処女航海で氷山と衝突して沈没した悲劇の巨船。同型船オリンピック号Olympic(総トン数4万5324トン)とともに初めて4万トンを超した。長さ269m,幅28m,総トン数4万6439トン,3軸の推進器をもち,速力21ノット。…

※「Olympic」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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