由於冠達郵輪喺二十世紀初推出咗盧西塔尼亞號同埋茅利塔尼亞號郵輪，白星航運就同北愛爾蘭哈蘭·沃爾夫船廠訂購咗三隻奧林匹克級郵輪作爲回應，鐵達尼號就係其中一隻奧林匹克級郵輪，不過佢喺1912年4月14號晚黑嘅首航嗰陣撞喺冰山度沉咗。
As Cunard Cruises launched the Lusitania and Mauritania cruises in the early twentieth century, White Star Shipping responded by ordering three Olympic-class cruise ships from Harlan · Wolfe Shipyard in Northern Ireland, one of which was the Titanic, but he crashed into an iceberg and sank on the night of April 14, 1912, on his maiden voyage.