© budfrazer.com  2010 HOME Sail Away: This new CD, SAIL AWAY, is released to coincide with the Titanic’s 100 year anniversary of the most famous disaster and tragedy ever and remembered and commemorated in Belfast and around the world. These songs have been inspired by my thoughts of the people of Belfast and other parts of the world, who lived and worked in hard and poor conditions, yet were world famous ship builders. It was also inspired by the contrast between the passengers rich and poor and seamen and staff who sailed on Titanic on that fateful night. Some enjoying the adventure others looking for a new life. Three Olympic class ocean liners were built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard for White  Star Line.  They would be the most luxurious ocean liners ever seen and the greatest of  their time.  These three ocean liners would in time be described as the Beloved, the  Damned and the Forgotten.  The first was RMS Olympic, which served from 1911 - 1935 when it was laid up and  scrapped.  It saw some service as a troopship during the first world war and earned the  name Old Reliable.  Second was RMS Titanic. It served from 1911 - 1912, when of course she struck the  iceberg on 14 April 1912 and sank in the early hours of 15 April . 1,514 people lost their  lives. Thirdly was HMHS Britannic. She was launched in 1914 just before the war, and after  being laid up at the shipyard for many months, was used as a hospital ship in 1915 and  sank after hitting a mine in December 1916. 30 people lost their lives.    Bud www.budfrazer.com bud@budfrazer.com Photos gathered from various web sources