Editing RMS Olympic (section)

==== ''Audacious'' incident 1914 ====
[[File:HMS Audacious crew take to lifeboats.jpg|thumb|left|The crew of the battleship {{HMS|Audacious|1912|6}} take to lifeboats; amateur photograph taken by Mabel and Edith Smith, passengers on ''Olympic'']]

On the sixth day of her voyage, 27 October, as ''Olympic'' passed near [[Lough Swilly]] off the north coast of Ireland, she received distress signals from the [[battleship]] {{HMS|Audacious|1912|6}}, which had struck a mine off [[Tory Island]] and was taking on water.{{sfn|Chirnside|2004|pp=89–90}} HMS ''Liverpool'' was in the company of ''Audacious''.

''Olympic'' took off 250 of ''Audacious''{{'}}s crew, then the [[destroyer]] {{HMS|Fury|1911|6}} managed to attach a tow cable between ''Audacious'' and ''Olympic'' and they headed west for Lough Swilly. However, the cable parted after ''Audacious''{{'}}s steering gear failed. A second attempt was made to tow the warship, but the cable became tangled in {{HMS|Liverpool|1909|6}}'s propellers and was severed. A third attempt was tried but also failed when the cable gave way. By 17:00 the ''Audacious''{{'}}s quarterdeck was awash and it was decided to evacuate the remaining crew members to ''Olympic'' and ''Liverpool'', and at 20:55 there was an explosion aboard ''Audacious'' and she sank.{{sfn|Chirnside|2004|p=90}}

Admiral Sir [[John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe|John Jellicoe]], Commander of the Home Fleet, was anxious to suppress the news of the sinking of ''Audacious'', for fear of the demoralising effect it could have on the British public, so he ordered ''Olympic'' to be held in custody at Lough Swilly. No communications were permitted and passengers were not allowed to leave the ship. The only people departing her were the crew of ''Audacious'' and Chief Surgeon John Beaumont, who was transferring to {{RMS|Celtic|1901|6}}. Steel tycoon [[Charles M. Schwab]], who was travelling aboard the liner, sent word to Jellicoe that he had urgent business in London with the Admiralty, and Jellicoe agreed to release Schwab if he remained silent about the fate of ''Audacious''. Finally, on 2 November, ''Olympic'' was allowed to go to Belfast where the passengers disembarked.<ref name="Hessen 1990">{{cite book|last=Hessen|first=Robert|title=Steel Titan: The Life of Charles M. Schwab|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vEsDi_0baWQC&q=as+Germany+had+announced+that+her+U-boats+would+sink+the+Olympic+on+sight&pg=PA211|access-date=26 April 2012|isbn=9780822959069|year=1990|publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press }}</ref>