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She was operated as a hospital ship from 1915 until her sinking near the Greek island of Kea, in the Aegean Sea, in November 1916. At the time she was the largest hospital ship in the world. Britannic was launched just before the start of the First World War.
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 sank in 1916, reportedly after striking a mine. Learn more about the Britannic.
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.
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 int...
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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 board his research vessel Calypso. Britannic was not his original mission.
While Olympic was involved in a collision with the destroyer HMS Hawke in 1911, Titanic, foolishly dubbed "unsinkable," sank with a loss of 1,517 on April 15, 1912. Titanic 's sinking led to dramatic changes in Britannic 's design and to Olympic returning to the yard for alterations.
The Titanic sank in April 1912, and her sister ship, the Britannic, ultimately suffered the fate, sinking in 1916 due to an explosion caused by an underwater mine.
On the morning of 21 November 1916 she hit a naval mine of the Imperial German Navy near the Greek island of Kea and sank 55 minutes later, killing 30 people. There were 1,066 people on board; the 1,036 survivors were rescued from the water and lifeboats. Britannic was the largest ship lost in the First World War.
On 21 November 1916, HM Hospital Ship Britannic had just departed on her sixth voyage when she struck a mine and sank off the Greek coast. More than 1,000 crew, doctors and nurses were on board, and 30 people lost their lives.