Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.
Sister ship of Titanic. Her ongoing construction and alterations were discussed at several points during the inquiries.
Data:
November 1911
Keel laid.
February 26, 1914
Launched.
November 1915
Before her completion she was requisitioned by the British Admiralty for use as a hospital ship.
December 23, 1915
Maiden voyage: Southampton - Naples - Mudros, Greece.
April 1916
Laid up and decommissioned a month later.
September 1916
Before being refitted for passenger service, she was recalled to hospital ship duty.
November 21, 1916
While en route to Mudros on the Greek island of Lemons to pick up Allied WWI casualties bound for Southampton, England Britannic struck a mine off Kea Island, in the Aegean Sea, and sank 55 minutes later. Various sources give the number of deaths as between 21 and 41.
December 4, 1975
Wreck discovered by Jaques Cousteau, located 6.75 nautical miles from her original noted position. She lies in the Kea Channel.
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