HMHS Britannic (originally to be the RMS Britannic) (/brɪˈtænɪk/) was the third and final vessel of the White Star Line's Olympic class of steamships and the second White Star ship to bear the name Britannic. She was the youngest sister of the RMS Olympic and the RMS Titanic and was intended to enter service as a transatlantic passenger liner. 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.
His Majesty's Hospital Ship (HMHS) Britannic
History
United Kingdom
Name
HMHS Britannic
Owner
White Star Line
Operator
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Royal Navy
Port of registry
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Ordered
1911
Builder
Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number
433[1]
Laid down
30 November 1911
Launched
26 February 1914
Completed
12 December 1915
In service
23 December 1915
Out of service
21 November 1916
Fate
Sank after striking a mine set by SM U-73 on 21 November 1916 near Kea in the Aegean Sea 37°42′05″N 24°17′02″E
General characteristics
Class and type
Olympic-class ocean liner
Tonnage
48,158 gross register tons
Displacement
53,200 tons
Length
882 ft 9 in (269.1 m) overall
Beam
94 ft (28.7 m)
Height
175 ft (53 m) from the keel to the top of the funnels
Draught
34 ft 7 in (10.5 m)
Depth
64 ft 6 in (19.7 m)
Decks
9 passenger decks
Installed power
24 double-ended, 5 single-ended (coal-fired) boilers[2]
Two four-cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating engines, each producing 16,000 hp (12,000 kW) for outboard wing propellers, one low-pressure turbine producing 18,000 hp (13,000 kW) for the centre propeller
Total 50,000 hp (37,000 kW)
Propulsion
Two bronze triple-blade outboard wing propellers
One bronze quadruple-blade central propeller
Speed
21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (service)
23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) (maximum)
Capacity
3,309
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 sinking of the Titanic. She was laid up at her builders, Harland and Wolff, in Belfast for many months before being requisitioned as a hospital ship. In 1915 and 1916 she served between the United Kingdom and the Dardanelles.
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.[3]
After the First World War, the White Star Line was compensated for the loss of Britannic by the award of SS Bismarck as part of postwar reparations; she entered service as RMS Majestic.
The wreck was located and explored by Jacques Cousteau in 1975. The vessel is the largest intact passenger ship on the seabed in the world.[4] It was bought in 1996 and is currently owned by Simon Mills, a maritime historian.
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The original dimensions of Britannic were similar to those of her older sisters, but her dimensions were altered whilst still on the building stocks after the loss of Titanic. With a gross tonnage of 48,158, she surpassed her older sisters in terms of internal volume, but this did not make her the largest passenger ship in service at that time; the German SS Vaterland held this title with a significantly higher tonnage.[5]
The Olympic-class ships were propelled by a combined system of two triple-expansion steam engines which powered the three-bladed outboard wing propellers whilst a low-pressure steam turbine used steam exhausted from the two reciprocating engines to power the central four-bladed propeller giving a maximum speed of 23 knots..
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0:00 - Intro
0:12 - Departure
1:53 - Last Voyage
3:56 - The Sinking
6:00 - Outro