Editing RMS Olympic (section)

=== Nantucket lightship collision ===
[[File:SS Olympic - 1934.jpg|thumb|''Olympic'' in 1934, passing the Nantucket Lightship, the same ship she would strike and sink a few months later]]

In 1934, ''Olympic'' again struck another ship. The approaches to New York were marked by [[Lightvessel|lightships]] and ''Olympic'', like other liners, had been known to pass close by these vessels. On 15 May 1934 (11:06 am), ''Olympic'', inbound in heavy fog, was homing in on the radio beacon of [[United States lightship LV-117|Nantucket Lightship ''LV-117'']].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.palletmastersworkshop.com/lightship.html |title=History of U.S. Lightships |publisher=Palletmastersworkshop.com |access-date=16 July 2009 |archive-date=4 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204214135/http://www.palletmastersworkshop.com/lightship.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Now under the command of Captain John W. Binks, the ship failed to turn in time and sliced through the smaller vessel, which broke apart and sank.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Lightship bell raised from ocean's depths|url = http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/09-04/09-03-04/a01lo270.htm|access-date = 10 September 2015|first = John|last = Doherty|date = 3 September 2004|website = SouthCoastToday.com|location = Fairhaven|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041010044451/http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/09-04/09-03-04/a01lo270.htm|archive-date=10 October 2004 |url-status = dead}}</ref> Four of the lightship's crew went down with the vessel and seven were rescued, of whom three died of their injuries, seven fatalities out of a crew of 11.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nightbeacon.com/zlightships/LV117_(Nantucket)_Lightship.htm |title=Vessel Designation LV117 (Nantucket) |publisher=nightbeacon.com |archive-date=13 April 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050413013146/http://www.nightbeacon.com/zlightships/LV117_(Nantucket)_Lightship.htm|url-status=dead }}</ref> The lightship's surviving crew and ''Olympic''{{'}}s captain were interviewed soon after reaching shore. One crewman said it all happened so quickly that they did not know how it happened. ''Olympic'' reacted quickly lowering boats to rescue the crew, which was confirmed by an injured crewman.<ref>{{Cite web|title = "Olympic" Rams Lightship|url = http://www.britishpathe.com/video/olympic-rams-lightship|website = British Pathé|access-date = 10 September 2015|date = 28 May 1934}}</ref>