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Updated Oct. 25, 2021, 3:30 p.m. ET Rick Ayrton captured snaps of the HMHS Britannic, which lies off the coast of Kea, Greece. The sister ship of the Titanic sank after an unexplained explosion. The underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau rediscovered Britannic in 1975. The French team was joined by MIT's Dr Harold Edgerton, whose recently-developed side-scan sonar helped to locate the wreck. Cousteau later explored Britannic using a submersible named Denise, recovering the ship's engraved sextant.

Inside the Britannic Mystery of the Last Olympian

• Intro INSIDE THE RMS BRITANNIC | Britannic: Patroness of the Mediterranean- Part 2 RothGamez 1.16K subscribers Subscribe Subscribed 8.1K views 3 years ago Take a look inside what could. Of course most of my knowledge is about Titanic, but still, a lot of that applies to Olympic and Britannic as well. I know this is Britannic here, but these sections weren't any different from Titanic (nor Olympic). In fact, as far as I know, even the flooring in this particular area was the exact same in all three ships. Britannic The Britannic refitted as a hospital ship during World War I. 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 War I and sank in 1916, reportedly after striking a mine. In 1916, on its way to fetch wounded soldiers in the Middle East, it struck an enemy mine and sank within one hour. The Britannic has rested on the ocean floor off the coast of Greece, near the isle of Kea, ever since. All the passengers save 30, astonishingly more than 1,000 people, were spared.

Britannic's Main Staircase sinking Britannic (2000) Guardian Images Flickr

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 people. There were 1,066 people on board; the 1,036 survivors were rescued from the water and lifeboats. Britannic was the largest ship lost in the First World War. [3] HMHS Britannic is a hospital ship which was sunk during WW1. Britannic was launched after being heavily modified due to the sinking of the "unsinkable" Titan. The world's most famous shipwreck has been revealed as never seen before. The first full-sized digital scan of the Titanic, which lies 3,800m (12,500ft) down in the Atlantic, has been created. The Titanic sank in April 1912, and her sister ship, the Britannic, ultimately suffered the fate, sinking in 1916 due to an explosion caused by an underwater mine.

HMHS Britannic Atlantic Liners

Photos of the wreck of the HMHS Britannic. All images belong to their respective owners. -----Recommend. The first person to discover the wreck of HMHS Britannic was Jacques Cousteau in 1975 and intended to turn the Britannic into the first underwater museum in the world. In August 1996, the sunken Britannic was sold to Mr. Simon Mills, a maritime historian who had written two books about its wreck. Many expeditions are still organized to reveal. Join us on the epic dive to the one of the most stunning wrecks in the world. Sister ship to the Titanic, "the most wonderful hospital ship that ever sailed. RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during h.

Diver captures haunting images of Titanic's sunken sister ship

The explosion occurred at 8.12am, sending a giant shudder through the gargantuan vessel, badly damaging its bow as it steamed past the Greek island of Kea. Fifty-five minutes later, the 269-metre. Scuba diving on the wreck of HMHS Britannic, an almost intact version of her sister-ship, the RMS Titanic.All credits to these parties.:Original video by: Ka.