RMS Olympic to Belfast where the passengers disembarked. Following "Olympic"s return to Britain, the White Star Line intended to lay her up in Belfast until the war was over, but in May 1915 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty, to be used as a troop transport, along with the Cunard liners and . The Admiralty had initially been reluctant to use large ocean liners as troop transports because of their vulnerability to enemy attack, however a shortage of ships gave them little choice. At the same time, "Olympic"s other sister ship "Britannic", which had not yet been completed, was requisitioned as a
Explorer-class general-purpose vessel Explorer-class general-purpose vessel The Explorer class was a two-ship class of general purpose vessels of the Royal Australian Navy that served between 1960 and 1995. The Explorer class was a two-ship class of general purpose vessels built for the RAN. The ships had a displacement of 207 tons at standard load and 260 tons at full load. Each was long between perpendiculars and long overall, had a beam of , and a draught of . Propulsion machinery consisted of GM diesels, which supplied to the two propeller screws, and allowed the vessel to reach . The ship's company consisted of