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| | RMS Olympic |
 | | Unlike her sisters, Olympic served a long and illustrious career (1911-1935), coming to be known as "Old Reliable". |
 | | With a gross tonnage of 45,324 (46,439 following repairs), she was 882 ft 9 in (269 m) long and could maintain a service speed of 21 knots (24mph). |
 | | On May 12, 1918, she rammed and sank a German U-boat, the only known sinking of a warship by a merchant vessel during World War I. In 1934, having resumed passenger service, she again struck a ship, this time the Nantucket Lightship, which broke apart and sank, killing 7 aboard the smaller ship. |
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