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Ismay partnered with the legendary shipbuilder Harland and Wolff, based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Their goal was not to build the fastest ships—a record held by the Cunard Line’s Lusitania —but to build the largest and most luxurious. The result was the Olympic-class ocean liners, the first of which was the RMS Olympic , followed closely by her sister ship, the Titanic .

Throughout the day, the Titanic received seven ice warnings from other ships. The Marconi wireless operators, Jack Phillips and Harold Bride, were busy clearing a backlog of personal messages from wealthy passengers. One critical warning from the Mesaba was delivered, but Phillips, overwhelmed, put it under a paperweight and never took it to the bridge. Another warning from the Californian —reporting "three large bergs"—was cut off mid-transmission by Phillips, who snapped: "Shut up, shut up! I am busy." Titanic

But statistics don't do her justice. The Titanic was a floating palace divided into three classes that might as well have been three different worlds: Ismay partnered with the legendary shipbuilder Harland and