Olympic-class ocean liner a dining room. "Britannic" provided third-class passengers more comfort than its two sister ships. First of the "Olympic"-class liners, "Olympic" was launched on 20 October 1910 and commissioned on 14 June 1911. She made her maiden voyage on 14 June 1911, under the command of Captain Edward J. Smith to great fanfare and acclaim. On 20 September of the same year, while under the command of a harbour pilot she was involved in a collision with the cruiser in the port of Southampton, leading to her repair back at Harland and Wolff and delaying the launch of her sister "Titanic".
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