Editing RMS Olympic (section)

=== Post-''Titanic'' refit ===
[[File:Fred Pansing Olympic.jpg|alt=|thumb|''Olympic'' as she appeared after her refit following the ''Titanic'' disaster, with an increased complement of lifeboats, on a Fred Pansing painting, c. 1912|left]]
On 9 October 1912, White Star withdrew ''Olympic'' from service and returned her to her builders at Belfast to have modifications added to incorporate lessons learned from the ''Titanic'' disaster six months prior, and improve safety.{{sfn|Chirnside|2004|p=84}} The number of lifeboats carried by ''Olympic'' was increased from twenty to sixty-eight, and extra [[davit]]s were installed along the boat deck to accommodate them. An inner watertight skin was also constructed in the boiler and engine rooms, which created a [[double hull]].<ref>{{harvnb|Chirnside|2004|p=85}}.</ref> Five of the watertight [[Bulkhead (partition)|bulkheads]] were extended up to B-Deck, extending to the entire height of the hull. This corrected a flaw in the original design, in which the bulkheads only rose up as far as E or D-Deck, a short distance above the waterline.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=12 March 1913 |title=The Rebuilt ''Olympic'' |magazine=The Nautical Gazette |volume=83 |issue=5 |pages=7–8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BI1knJCQCy4C&pg=RA4-PA7 |access-date=19 September 2018}}</ref> This flaw had been exposed during ''Titanic''{{'}}s sinking, where water spilled over the top of the bulkheads as the ship sank and flooded subsequent compartments. In addition, an extra bulkhead was added to subdivide the electrical dynamo room, bringing the total number of [[Compartment (ship)|watertight compartments]] to seventeen. Improvements were also made to the ship's pumping apparatus. These modifications meant that ''Olympic'' could survive a collision similar to that of ''Titanic'', in that her first six compartments could be breached and the ship could remain afloat.<ref>[http://www.titanicology.com/Modifications_To_Olympic.html Modifications to Olympic following the Titanic disaster] – www.titanicology.com</ref>{{sfn|Chirnside|2004|pp=84–85}}

At the same time, ''Olympic''{{'}}s B Deck underwent a refit, which included extra cabins in place of the covered promenade, more private bathing facilities, an enlarged ''Á La Carte'' restaurant, and a ''Café Parisien'' (another addition that had proved popular on ''Titanic'') was added, offering another dining option to first class passengers. With these changes (and a second refit in 1919 after the war), ''Olympic''{{'}}s gross register tonnage rose to 46,439 tons, 111 tons more than ''Titanic''{{'}}s.<ref name="Miller 2001">{{cite book |last=Miller |first=William H |title=Picture History of British Ocean Liners, 1900 to the Present |publisher=Dover Publications |year=2001 |url= https://archive.org/details/picturehistoryof0000mill |url-access=registration |isbn =978-0-486-41532-1}}</ref><ref>List of on board facilities from the Passenger List (First Class) for the White Star Lines steamer RMS "Olympic" for April 28, 1923 voyage from New York to Southampton.  pp. 9-10</ref>

In March 1913, ''Olympic'' returned to service and briefly regained the title of largest ocean liner in the world, until the German liner {{SS|Imperator}} entered passenger service in June. Following her refit, ''Olympic'' was marketed as the "new" ''Olympic'' and her improved safety features were featured prominently in advertisements.{{sfn|Chirnside|2004|p=87}}<ref name="thegreatoceanliners"/> The ship experienced a short period of tranquility despite a storm in 1914 that broke some of the First Class windows and injured some passengers.<ref name=MC88>{{harvnb|Chirnside|2004|p=88}}.</ref>