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
The ships Anne and Little James to a lack of ships to carry on trade with England, and could only send fur pelts home in small quantities. Per Bradford's later recollection, 60 persons—men, women and children, were on the two ships "Anne" and "Little James" combined, although in reality the number of passengers was much more than that. There are no separate passenger lists for "Anne" and for "Little James" as those who came over on these ships were grouped together in official records when the 1623 division of land was made for them. But author Charles Banks did identify at least four men, three with