The Story of Titanic’s Tragic Twin
HMHS Britannic is the largest ocean liner to ever sink…
“A fine vessel-the very latest word in everything new and the triumph of all that the science and art of modern shipbuilding could accomplish” — John Beaumont, Britannic’s chief surgeon
The largest ocean liner to ever sink lies today at the bottom of the Aegean Sea. The waters close to the Greek island of Kea, are home to a vessel originally designed to be Britain’s finest liner. Although she was intended to steam through the harsh North Atlantic carrying thousands of people from Southampton to New York, she never carried a single fare-paying passenger.
Her promising career was interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War. Converted to a hospital ship, she carried the wounded back home, till she struck a mine and sank, in a fate similar to her infamous sister, the RMS Titanic.
She was the wondrous HMHS Britannic, and this is her story.
Background
Britannic was the third and final ship of the Olympic-class vessels, following the Olympic and the Titanic. Envisioned by the White Star Line, these ships were intended to provide a reliable…
