The Britannic was used as a hospital ship in 1915, and bore green and white colors. On the morning of Nov. 21, 1916, it sank, claiming the lives of 30. There were 1,036 survivors.

The fourth Britannic, of 3.487 tons, was sunk several months ago. At the offices of the Ocean Steamship company, the White Star line, it was said that the Britannic never has been armed.

The Britannic had struck a German mine and was quickly sinking. Ordered to the lifeboats, Jessop raced back to her cabin to gather a few valuables, including her prayer book and one particular ...

As the 20th century dawned, the owners of Britain’s White Star Line were thinking big. Really big. They envisioned three huge ocean liners that would be larger and far more luxurious than anything the ...

T he Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912, had two sister ships almost identical in size and luxury: the Olympic and the Britannic.The White Star Line hoped to conquer its ...

Her two sister ships were the Olympic and the Britannic. Due to the sinking of the Titanic, the others significantly improved their security measures. Olympic, the sole survivor of the three ...

Titanic stewardess Violet Jessop also survived another sinking years after the tragedy. Jessop was on board HMHS Britannic when it struck a mine in 1916 and sank. Before joining the Titanic, she ...

The Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912, had two sister ships almost identical in size and luxury: the Olympic and the Britannic.The White Star Line hoped to conquer its ...