On the morning of 21 November 1916, she hit a naval mine of the Imperial German Navy near the Greek island of Kea and sank 55 minutes later, killing 30 of 1,066 people on board; the 1,036 …

Nov 17, 2025 · Britannic, British ocean liner that was a sister ship of the Olympic and the Titanic. Having never operated as a commercial vessel, it was refitted as a hospital ship during World …

Nov 24, 2025 · A British ocean liner and sister ship of the Titanic, the Britannic sank after hitting a German naval mine in the Aegean Sea on November 21, 1916.

Sep 25, 2025 · While traveling toward the Greek island of Lemnos, the Britannic hit a German naval mine and sank off the island of Kea on November 21, 1916. Of the 1,066 people on …

Sep 16, 2025 · Thirty of the more than 1,060 people on board died when the lifeboats they were in were struck by the ship's still turning propellers. The wreck lies at a depth of nearly 400 feet, …

Sep 16, 2025 · Greece has announced the recovery of artefacts from the wreck of HMHS Britannic, more than a century after the Titanic's sister ship was sunk in wartime in the Aegean …

Oct 24, 2011 · Explore the truth about the Britannic wreck – sister ship of the Titanic. Discover its history, how it sank, and what it’s like to dive the Britannic today.

Nov 13, 2009 · The Britannic, sister ship to the Titanic, sinks in the Aegean Sea on November 21, 1916, killing 30 people. More than 1,000 others were rescued.

Divers have recovered artifacts from the Britannic, sister ship to the Titanic, for the first time since the ocean liner sank in the Aegean Sea more than a century ago after striking a mine during …

Sep 17, 2025 · Artifacts from the Britannic, sister ship to the ill-fated Titanic, have been recovered for the first time in over a century since the vessel sank in the Aegean Sea during the First …