Titanic and Olympic. Illustrations of the Titanic and Olympic. The first shows the decks on Titanic where some second and third class passengers had their quarters. The second shows the Olympic in New York Harbour, surrounded by tugs. Olympic was the sister ship of Titanic. Titanic was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast Ireland during 1910 - 1911 on the 15th April, 1912, and sank after striking an iceberg off the coast of New Foundland during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York, USA, with the loss of 1,522 passengers and crew.