SS BELGENLAND: L’Olympique Belge | The Belgian Olympic (1923)

L’OLYMPIQUE BELGE | DE BELGISCHE OLYMPISCHE | THE BELGIAN OLYMPIC In a 1926 advertisement the Red Star Line mentions that their flagship is often called, “a second Olympic.“ It’s a surprising thing to read years after the loss of TITANIC and BRITANNIC -- the ships you would expect to be described that way. Yet after spending some time familiarizing myself with her I can say it is an accurate way to describe the BELGENLAND. Harland and Wolff yard number 391 was a triple-screw liner with combination reciproc