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
Fedje Vessel Traffic Service Centre of Mongstad Refinery. Two other contributing factors were vessels traveling to Årdal, Høyanger and Bremanger. A larger station was therefore erected in 1977, on the same location. By 1983 the station had six pilots, eight shippers and two vessels. The need for a vessel traffic service arose with the construction of the bases and refineries at Mongstad and Sture. This created a situation with 2,500 annual shiploads of oil combined with 20,000 annual ships in other traffic. The national authorities approved the center in 1990, allowing construction to start in June 1991. This included construction of three radars, one on