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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 ...
In January 1912 he became marine superintendent of the White Star Line, in that position he was questioned by the British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry into the sinking of the Titanic on 11 June 1912. [3] He is perhaps best remembered as the captain of the Britannic from 1915 to 21 November 1916, when the ship was sunk off Greece by a German ...
The wreck of Britannic was discovered in 1975 by Jacques Cousteau. It has a large tear in the front caused by the bow hitting the ocean floor before the rest of the ship sank, as the ship's length is greater than the depth of the water. After the discovery, she has been seen regularly as part of many other expeditions.
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. Her running mate ship was the MV Georgic.
Sunk by UC-72 torpedo on 16 August 1917 off Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly: Cymric: 1898: 1898–1916: 13,096: Launched in 1899 by Harland and Wolff for White Star, sunk by U-20 torpedo on 8 May 1916 off Fastnet Rock: Afric: 1898: 1899–1917: 11,948: Launched in 1899 by Harland and Wolff for White Star, serves as troop carrier in Boer War and as ...
A Russian cargo ship called Ursa Major sank in the Mediterranean Sea overnight after an explosion ripped through its engine room and two of its crew are still missing, the Russian Foreign Ministry ...
This is a list of ships sunk by missiles.Ships have been sunk by unguided projectiles for many centuries, but the introduction of guided missiles during World War II changed the dynamics of naval warfare. 1943 saw the first ships to be sunk by guided weapons, launched from aircraft, although it was not until 1967 that a ship was sunk by a missile launched from another ship outside a test ...
Arthur John Priest (31 August 1887 – 11 February 1937) was a British fireman and stoker who was notable for surviving four ship sinkings, including the RMS Titanic, [2] HMS Alcantara, HMHS Britannic and the SS Donegal. [3] Due to these incidents, Priest gained the moniker "the unsinkable stoker". [3]