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The historian Mark Chirnside concluded that the faulty torpedo had been fired by the U-boat SM U-53 on four September 1918, while Olympic was in the English Channel. Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Commander of the Home Fleet, was anxious to suppress the information of the sinking of Audacious, for concern of the demoralising impact it could have on the British public, so he ordered Olympic to be held in custody at Lough Swilly. No communications had been permitted and passengers were not allowed to leave the ship. The only folks departing her have been the crew of Audacious and Chief Surgeon John Beaumont, who was transferring to RMSCeltic.
- The Greek government additionally offered funding, which was expected to be recouped through the sale of tickets and from the sale of the first Olympic commemorative stamp set.
- The programme of the primary fashionable Olympiad in Athens in 1896 was virtually similar