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
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