The White Star Line’s RMS Olympic was the lesser known but far more successful and illustrious sister ship to the RMS Titanic, launched a year before in 1911 and serving until 1935 with both a successful civilian career as well as meritorious service as a troopship in the First World War, transporting over 200.000 troops throughout the war and sinking the German U-boat U-103 by ramming.
She was the largest passenger ship in service from 1911-1913, with a break when she was briefly surpassed by slightly larger titanic before she sunk and until she was surpassed by the German liner SS Imperator. As a result of the titanic disaster she was given a refit that increased her gross register tonnage to slightly larger than that of Titanic. She also remained the largest British built liner until the RMS Queen Mary was launched in 1934.
She was renown for being able to consistently reach 23 knots of speed, making her one of the fastest liners in service, and allowing her to outrun German warships and submarines during the War. She had a gross register tonnage of 45.324 in 1911, 46.358 after her 1913 refit, and displaced 52.067 tons.
