10001 - RMS Titanic White Star Line	THE REAL OCEAN LINERS White Star Line commissioned the Harland and Wolff Ship Builders in Belfast to build three new liners for use on its transatlantic route. The vessels were the largest of their kind and were to be fitted with some of the most luxurious fixtures ever seen on a liner. The three ships were known as the Olympic class and work commenced on the construction of the first the Olympic in 1908. R.M.S. Titanic The Titanic was tragically proclaimed to be un-sinkable, the famous ship struck an iceberg on the 14th April 1912 while on it's maiden voyage, the then worlds largest liner sank in the early hours of the 15th April, leaving only a small number of survivors. H.M.H.S. Britannic The launch of the Britannic was delayed while modifications were made following the loss of the Titanic. On 13th November 1915 while still incomplete it was requisitioned by the War Office for use as hospital ship. The luxury fittings that were already in place were removed and replaced by fittings more practical for its new war time roll. His Majesty's Hospital Ship (H.M.H.S.) Britannic struck a mine in the Kea Channel on the 21st November 1916 and sank while fulfilling its roll as a hospital ship and thus never operated for its intended owners White Star Line. R.M.S./H.M.T. Olympic The Olympic was the first of the three liners to be completed and she commenced her maiden voyage in June 1914 which coincided with the launch of the Titanic. Like the Britannic the liner was taken over by the War Office and converted into a troop carrier during the Great War. His Majesty's Transport (H.M.T.) Olympic was painted in abstract dazzle camouflage livery for its period of military service. The Liner survived the war and was refitted by White Star Line for further luxury cruises. The ship eventually became part of the Cunard fleet and complete 257 transatlantic trips before finally being retired in 1935. THE GILBOW MODELS The Olympic class Liner models are to a scale 1:1750 and were the first models issued under the 'Gilbow' branding. The level of detail on the ships is fairly high, and variations in the number and positioning of the life boats exist between the models, this reflects the changes that were made to the sister vessels after the Titanic's sinking. The models were all released in a period between December 1998 and August 2000. The introduction of the models followed the success of the James Cameron directed Hollywood film 'Titanic', which was the movie box office hit of 1998.
10002/04 - RMS/HMHS Britannic models
10003/05 - RMS/HMT Olympic models