RMS Olympic to Belfast where the passengers disembarked. Following "Olympic"s return to Britain, the White Star Line intended to lay her up in Belfast until the war was over, but in May 1915 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty, to be used as a troop transport, along with the Cunard liners and . The Admiralty had initially been reluctant to use large ocean liners as troop transports because of their vulnerability to enemy attack, however a shortage of ships gave them little choice. At the same time, "Olympic"s other sister ship "Britannic", which had not yet been completed, was requisitioned as a
RMS Olympic made her operation increasingly unprofitable. "Olympic" was the largest ocean liner in the world for two periods during 1911–13, interrupted only by the brief tenure of the slightly larger (which had the same dimensions but higher gross tonnage owing to revised interior configurations), before she was then surpassed by . "Olympic" also retained the title of the largest British-built liner until was launched in 1934, interrupted only by the short careers of her slightly larger sister ships. The "Olympic" was withdrawn from service and sold for scrap in 1935; demolition was completed in 1937. Decorative elements of "Olympic" were removed