When Olympic entered service, the pitch of her wing propellers was set at 33 feet. //What Happened To The Titanic's Funnels? - Mastery Wiki Omissions? The History of WWI Hospital Ship, the HMHS Britannic - ThoughtCo Harland & Wolff appears to have followed a logical procedure of moving all three propellers to the ship prior to installation, and then fitting them within a short space of time. In August 1914, before Britannic could commence transatlantic service between New York and Southampton, the First World War began. [65] At 10:00, HMSScourge sighted the first lifeboats and 10 minutes later stopped and picked up 339 survivors.
