The Unseen Britannic: The Ship In Rare Illustrations
by Simon Mills
2021-01-07 19:47:01
The Unseen Britannic: The Ship In Rare Illustrations
by Simon Mills
2021-01-07 19:47:01
As the third and largest sister of the Olympic-class trio, Britannic is often unjustly overlooked in comparison to Olympic and Titanic. Launched on the eve of war in February 1914, Britannic would never serve on the North Atlantic mail run for w...
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As the third and largest sister of the Olympic-class trio, Britannic is often unjustly overlooked in comparison to Olympic and Titanic. Launched on the eve of war in February 1914, Britannic would never serve on the North Atlantic mail run for which she was built. After being requisitioned in November 1915 His Majesty’s Hospital Ship Britannic instead became indispensible to the thousands of injured and sick troops needing transporting back to Britain. Her life was cut tragically short when she was wracked by a mysterious explosion on November 21, 1916 and sank in less than an hour—three times faster than Titanic, yet thanks to the improvements in safety heralded by that tragedy, 1,032 of 1,062 on board survived. This updated edition includes previously unseen material.
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