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
Colonialism and the Olympic Games theories, as well as promoting the regular Olympic Games. While Anthropology Days were not officially part of the Olympics program, they were closely associated with each other at the time, and in history—Brownell notes that even today historians still debate as to which of the LPE events were the "real" Olympic Games. Additionally, almost all of the 400 athletic events were referred to as "Olympian," and the opening ceremony, which normally signals the start of the Olympics, was held in May on the "first day of the first sports event" with dignitaries in attendance, though the official Olympic program did