The struggles of Capt. #EdwardJSmith when it came to running massive #OlympicClass #OceanLiners was clear well before the #TitanicDisaster. In 1911 on #ThisDayInHistory, whilst captain of #RMSOlympic, he was involved in a collision with warship #HMSHawke; both took heavy damage.

Wreck of torpedoed World War I warship found in ‘amazing’ condition
#HMSHawke
#CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/16/science/hms-hawke-shipwreck-found-wwi-intl-scli/index.html