If you mean the RMS Olympic from the Titanic era, it did not sink; it had a major collision with HMS Hawke in 1911, was repaired, kept sailing for years, and later even survived the 1934 loss of the Nantucket Lightship after a collision in fog.

Quick Scoop

The Olympic was Titanic’s sister ship, and the biggest “what happened to it?” moment people talk about is that it had a rough but long career rather than a tragic end.

What happened

  • In 1911 , Olympic collided with HMS Hawke and suffered significant hull damage, but it returned to Southampton under its own power.
  • In 1934 , Olympic struck the Nantucket Lightship LV-117 in fog; the lightship sank and seven crew died, while Olympic continued to New York after rescue efforts.
  • Olympic was ultimately retired and scrapped in 1935.

Why people ask about it

A lot of online discussion mixes up Olympic with Titanic, or repeats the conspiracy theory that Titanic was secretly swapped with Olympic; that claim has been debunked by maritime historians and AP fact-checking.

If you want, I can also give you the full timeline of RMS Olympic in a quick bullet list.