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16th April 2019, 08:44 AM
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Brittanic
From todays Daily Express.
Would ornate wooden panels removed from the Brittanic whilst she was undergoing conversion to hospital ship are to be sold at auction. The estimated price for each panel s £170,000.
The panels were rediscovered in a Dublin cinema in 1972.
Vic
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17th April 2019, 07:52 AM
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Re: Brittanic
There must be an interesting story on how the panels reached the cinema. Wonder if anyone knows of it.
Ken T
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18th April 2019, 12:46 AM
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24th April 2019, 10:18 PM
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The 'White Swan' at Alnwick, Northumberland has the panels, deckhead & bulkheads plus windows from the First Class Lounge of the 'Olympic' including part of the aft grand staircase. Not only in the 'Olympic Function Suite' but also the restaurant. These were acquired when her superstructure was broken up in Jarrow in 1935.
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24th April 2019, 11:29 PM
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RMS Olympic fittings:
The hotel's Olympic Suite incorporates panelling, mirrors, a ceiling and stained glass windows which were removed from the RMS Olympic when she was being dismantled in Jarrow in 1936. The hotel's then-owner, Algenon Smart, had been a frequent traveller on Olympic and took part in the auction of the ship's fittings in November 1935. At the auction, which was run by the London firm Knight Frank & Rutley, he had the winning bids for elements of the First Class Lounge, the Aft First Class Staircase, and the revolving door from the liner's restaurant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Swan_Hotel,_Alnwick
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