HMHS Britannic shipwreck | First World War 1914-1918

 First World War 1914-1918, shipwreck

The third ship of the Olympic Class and sister ship to the Titanic, the Britannic was completed as a hospital ship and pressed into WWI service with the British Navy. On her 6th voyage from England to the Mediterranean theatre to evacute the sick & wounded when she struck a mine left by U-73. The ship had a huge hole blown in her bow and began to sink rapidly through damaged watertight doors and open portholes. Through skillful action by her captain and crew, only 30 lives were lost, out of a complement of 1,000.

Her wreck was discovered in 1975 by Jacques Cousteau and then again by Robert Ballard, who discovered the Titanic. The ship rests on her starboard side in 350 feet of water and is considered a war grave.

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