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1 de may. de 2021 · The Olympic was nearly 75 times the size of the Nantucket and literally ran over the lightship on its broadside, cutting it in half. The Captain of the Olympic ordered boats put over to save the crew, but the Nantucket sank within minutes.
Lightship 117 at Nantucket was sideswiped by the SS Washington in early 1934, and four months later, on 15 May 1934, she was rammed and sunk by the British White Star ship RMS Olympic homing in on its radio beacon in dense fog. [3]
Moored south of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, the lightship was at the western part of the transatlantic shipping lane and the first lightship encountered by westbound liners approaching New York Harbor. On May 15, 1934, one of these liners, RMS Olympic, rammed and sank LV-117, killing seven of her crew.
The collision took place as Olympic and Hawke were running parallel to each other through the Solent. As Olympic turned to starboard, the wide radius of her turn took the commander of Hawke by surprise, and he was unable to take sufficient avoiding action. [50]
15 de may. de 2019 · On the morning of May 15, 1934, the Nantucket was on her mooring just outside the Shoal. Not far from her location, the massive White Star Liner Olympic, sister ship of the Titanic, was following the Lightship’s radio signal and, under reduced speed, was heading directly towards her.
The Nantucket Lightship LV 117 from a photo taken ... Monteiro lost his life on the foggy morning of May 15, 1934 when the 882-foot, 45,000 ton RMS Olympic, sister ship to the RMS Titanic, smashed into the tiny lightship and sent the vessel to its watery grave in the waters of the Nantucket Shoals about 42 miles south of Nantucket Island, which ...
A drawing of the RMS Olympic running over the Nantucket Lightship. On May 15, 1934, The RMS Olympic had collided with one of the Nantucket Lightship LV-117. The Nantucket Lightship sank. 7 out of 11 crewman onboard were killed and 4 people survived.
