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Answer: Olympic and Britannic

The Royal Mail Steamer Olympic and the Royal Mail Steamer Britannic were both built in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Olympic was the first sister to be launched, ahead of Titanic, Britannic (formerly designated Gigantic) was launched much later though from the same slipway. RMS Britannic was commissioned by the British Government for use as a hospital ship, during which time the name was changed to match its duty: HMHS Britannic. It sank shortly after either hitting a mine or being torpedoed (the reason is still uncertain but the former is considered most likely). RMS Olympic was also utilised in war service, however it ended its long life in 1935 at the breakers yard due to old age. However during its service it sank a German U-Boat by ramming it, also sank many ships and damaged others (accidentally, the most famous of which was the Nantucket Lightship. During this incident 7 of the 11 crew members of the lightship were killed when the Olympic cut it in two in heavy fog. The Olympic was only doing 3-4 knots at time of impact.

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