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
RMS Olympic this panelling had lined "Olympic"s à la carte restaurant. The clock depicting "Honour and Glory Crowning Time" from "Olympic"s grand staircase is on display at Southampton's SeaCity Museum. Official numbers are issued by individual flag states. They should not be confused with IMO ship identification numbers. "Olympic" had the UK Official Number 131345 and used the code letters HSRP. RMS Olympic RMS "Olympic" () was a British transatlantic crossing ocean liner, the lead ship of the White Star Line's trio of liners. Unlike the other ships in the class, "Olympic" had a long career spanning 24 years from 1911 to