The RMS Olympic was the sister to the Titanic and the Britannic—two ships that met tragic ends. It had an illustrious career beginning in 1911. It tried to help rescue survivors during the ...

Eight hundred and eight-two feet long, Olympic had a beam of 92 feet and gross registered tonnage (GRT) of 45,324. When she first sailed, Olympic was the largest ship in the world, only to be ...