RMS Olympic Ismay had previously planned to build a ship named "Olympic" as a sister ship to . The senior Ismay died in 1899 and the order for the ship was cancelled. Construction of "Olympic" began three months before "Titanic" to ease pressures on the shipyard. Several years would pass before "Britannic" would be launched. In order to accommodate the construction of the class, Harland and Wolff upgraded their facility in Belfast; the most dramatic change was the combining of three slipways into two larger ones. "Olympic" and "Titanic" were constructed side by side. "Olympic"s keel was laid on 16 December 1908
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