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HMHS Britannic (originally to be the RMS Britannic) (/ b r ɪ ˈ t æ n ɪ k /) 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 ...
The bow and stern may remain relatively intact for longer as they are usually more heavily constructed. Heavy machinery like boilers, engines, pumps, winches, propellers, propeller shafts, steering gear, anchors and other heavy fittings also last longer and can provide support to the remaining hull, or cause it to collapse more rapidly.
On 13 November 1915, Britannic was requisitioned as a hospital ship from her storage location at Belfast. Repainted white and from bow to stern with large red crosses and a horizontal green stripe, she was renamed HMHS (His Majesty's Hospital Ship) Britannic. [52] Olympic (left), and Britannic, still fitting out, at Harland & Wolff, c.1915
Launched in 1872 by Harland and Wolff originally as Arctic for White Star trans-Atlantic routes, collided with White Star's SS Britannic off Sandy Hook in 1887. Sold to the Danish Thingvalla Line in 1893 under Amerika. Scrapped in 1898. Traffic: 1872: 1872–1896: 155
SS Traffic was a tender of the White Star Line, and the fleetmate to the Nomadic.She was built for the White Star Line by Harland and Wolff, at Belfast, to serve the Olympic-class ocean liners.
Bow shapes vary according to the speed of the boat, the seas or waterways being navigated, and the vessel's function. Where sea conditions are likely to promote pitching , it is useful if the bow provides reserve buoyancy ; a flared bow (a raked stem with flared topsides) is ideal to reduce the amount of water shipped over the bow.
The first- and second-class galleys were also located on this deck. An open space was provided for Third Class passengers. First, Second- and Third-Class passengers had cabins on this deck, with berths for firemen located in the bow. It was the highest level reached by the ship's watertight bulkheads (though only by eight of the fifteen bulkheads).
MV Britannic was a British transatlantic ocean liner that was launched in 1929 and scrapped in 1961. She was the penultimate ship built for White Star Line before its 1934 merger with Cunard Line . When built, Britannic was the largest motor ship in the UK Merchant Navy .