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
Way (vessel) under weigh with very little fuss" (R. H. Dana "Two Years before the Mast" xxiii. 236). Way (vessel) Way, (sometimes Weigh) in a nautical context of a ship or vessel, is a noun that refers to her speed or momentum. As an example the "Oxford English Dictionary", sense 14, has "She ran into the "Nio" before her way could be stopped." (Taken from an Admiralty report of a collision at sea). The "Practice of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy" has "On the other hand, we have seen several ships break their chains by having too much way upon them". From a