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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.
Stena Britannica is the focus of the Season 4 Episode 4 of the documentary TV show Mighty Ships. The episode first aired on 16 October 2011. [ 13 ] During filming a problem with the locking pins of the bow watertight door meant that, for 72 hours / six crossings, loading and unloading could only be carried out via the upper ramp while engineers ...
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MS Stena Britannica may refer to: Stena Britannica (built 1967) - Broken up in 2001; Stena Britannica (built 1981) - Now Stena Saga with Stena Line;
Renamed Stena Britannica (III) in 1991, Stena Saga in 1994 and Saga in 2021. Still owned by Stena RoRo, being used in the Philippines as an accommodation ship. [75] MS Stena Baltica (VI) (1988 - 1989 (Chartered Out)) Built in 1973. Never used in service with Stena Line. Renamed Nieborow in 1988. Scrapped in Aliaga, Turkey in 2017.
HMHS Britannic, owned by the White Star Line and third sister ship of RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic, sank in 1916 after hitting a German naval mine; MV Britannic (1929), a motor liner owned by the White Star Line and then Cunard Line, scrapped in 1960; SS Britannic (1874), holder of the Blue Riband, owned by the White Star Line
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The term "largest passenger ship" has evolved over time to also include ships by length as supertankers built by the 1970s were over 400 metres (1,300 ft) long. In the modern era the term has gradually fallen out of use in favor of " largest cruise ship " as the industry has shifted to cruising rather than transatlantic ocean travel. [ 1 ]