Britannic was launched just before the start of the First World War. She was designed to be the safest of the three ships with design changes made during construction due to lessons learned from the …

Nov 17, 2025 · Britannic, British ocean liner that was a sister ship of the Olympic and the Titanic. Having never operated as a commercial vessel, it was refitted as a hospital ship during World War I and …

Nov 24, 2025 · After reading about the sinking of the HMHS Britannic and the wreck left behind, discover the stories of more astonishing shipwrecks around the world. Then, go inside the chilling stories of …

In November 1916 the hospital ship Britannic was steaming off the island of Kea, Greece when there was a sudden explosion. The ship had stumbled straight into a mine laid by a German U-Boat and...

Nov 13, 2009 · The Britannic, sister ship to the Titanic, sinks in the Aegean Sea on November 21, 1916, killing 30 people. More than 1,000 others were rescued.

Sep 16, 2025 · Divers have recovered artifacts from the Titanic's sister ship, the Britannic, for the first time since the ocean liner sank in the Aegean Sea more than a century ago after striking a mine …

Britannic (II), yard number 433, was the third Olympic Class ship, and the largest ship ever built for the White Star Line. Britannic is best known as being the sister ship of Olympic and Titanic, and also for …

The Britannic’s fixtures and fittings were stored until after the war and instead she was fitted out as a floating hospital. Her First Class dining rooms were converted into operating theatres and main wards.

For almost 60 years after her sinking Britannic lay undisturbed on the bottom of the Aegean sea, until 3rd December 1975, when she was discovered by deep sea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau on …

HMHS Britannic was the third and final vessel of the Olympic-Class Ocean Liners and the sister ship of the RMS Titanic and RMS Olympic.