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Britannic Name Britannic Type Hospital ship

GRT 48,158 tons (one of the largest ships hit) Country British Built 1915

Builder Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast

Operator Oceanic Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. (White Star Line), Liverpool

History Sister ship of the Titanic. She was improved after her sister sank but still she sank in only 55 minutes.





U-boat attacks on Hospital ship Britannic

Date U-boat Loss type Position Location Route Cargo Casualties 1 21 Nov 1916 U 73 (Gustav Sieß) Sunk Mined Zea Channel, Aegean Sea bound for Mudros



Naples - Mudros



30



En route to Mudros to pick up wounded Allied soldiers for Southampton, England. 40 were wounded when she sank but the loss of life was relatively small compared to many other sinkings in the war.







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