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Name: HMHS Britannic
Owner: White Star flag NEW.svg White Star Line
Operator: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Royal Navy
Port of registry: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Liverpool, United Kingdom
Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number: 433[1]
Way number: 433
Laid down: 30 November 1911
Launched: 26 February 1914
Completed: 12 December 1915
In service: 23 December 1915 (hospital ship)
Out of service: 21 November 1916
Fate: Sank after hitting a mine on 21 November 1916 near Kea in the Aegean Sea
Status: Wreck
Notes: Largest ocean liner ever sunk
Britannic was launched ON THE 26 NOVEMBER 1914 just before the start of the First World War. She was designed to be the safest of the three ships with design changes actioned during construction due to lessons learned from the sinking of the Titanic. She was laid up at her builders, Harland and Wolff, in Belfast for many months before being put to use as a hospital ship in 1915. In 1915 and 1916 she served between the United Kingdom and the Dardanelles. On the morning of 21 November 1916 which lead to her last days of service, she was shaken by an explosion caused by a naval mine of the Imperial German Navy near the Greek island of Kea and foundered 55 minutes later, killing 30 people and over 1000 rescured. During the incident First, Captain Bartlett decided to try to run the Britannic aground on the nearby island of Kea. This might have been successful, but, earlier, the ship’s nursing staff had opened the portholes to air out the sick wards. Water poured in through the portholes as the Britannic headed toward Kea. Second, the disaster was compounded when some of the crew attempted to launch lifeboats without orders. Since the ship was still moving as fast as it could, the boats were sucked into the propellers, killing those on board.
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