Olympic-class ocean liner of 29 coal-fired steam boilers in six compartments. However, "Olympic"s boilers were adapted for firing by oil at the end of the First World War, which reduced the number of engine crew required from 350 to 60. The "Olympic"-class ships were long, displacing normally (their draft at this displacement being ), and their tonnage was around 45-46,000 GRT. "Olympic" became the largest ship in the world when it was completed in May, 1911 before losing the title to its sister "Titanic" when she was completed in April, 1912. After the loss of "Titanic" the third sister ship "Britannic" claimed the
RMS Oceanic (1899) "Nothing but the very finest", was Ismay’s policy toward this new venture, and she was constructed at Harland and Wolff’s Queen's Island yard at Belfast, as was the tradition with White Star Line ships. "Oceanic" was built to accommodate slightly over 1,700 passengers, with 349 crew. In his autobiography, "Titanic and Other Ships", Charles Lightoller gives an account of what it was like to be an officer on this vessel. As White Star typically ordered ships in pairs, a sister ship for "Oceanic" to be named "Olympic" was proposed. However following the death of Thomas Ismay in November 1899 the