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 Tall Ships die.". The Tall Ships The Tall Ships is the fourth studio album by British progressive rock band It Bites. "The Tall Ships" was recorded following the relaunch of It Bites featuring a new singer & guitarist, John Mitchell. This lineup had toured successfully in 2006 and had released a live album called "When the Lights Go Down" on which they predominantly covered old material from the band's first lineup (bar one song, "Playground", written by the current band featuring Mitchell and which would be recorded again for "The Tall Ships"). It Bites spent eight months writing and recording "The Tall