HMHS Britannic

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hospital ship ocean liner shipwreck

HMHS Britannic was a British White Star Line ocean liner, sister ship to the Titanic and Olympic, that served as a World War I hospital ship before sinking in the Aegean Sea in 1916.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
His Majesty's Hospital Ship Britannic 1
RMS Britannic 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hospital ship ⓘ
ocean liner ⓘ
shipwreck ⓘ
armedConflictTheatre Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
builder Harland and Wolff ⓘ
causeOfSinking mine explosion ⓘ
completed 1915-12-12 ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crewOnFinalVoyage approximately 675 ⓘ
dateOfSinking 1916-11-21 ⓘ
designation HMHS Britannic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: His Majesty's Hospital Ship Britannic
enteredServiceAsHospitalShip 1915 ⓘ
fatalitiesOnSinking 30 ⓘ
IMOStatus wreck ⓘ
laidDown 1911-11-30 ⓘ
launched 1914-02-26 ⓘ
length 269 m ⓘ
numberOfFunnels 3 ⓘ
numberOfMasts 2 ⓘ
operator White Star Line ⓘ
owner White Star Line ⓘ
surface form: Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
passengersOnFinalVoyage approximately 1,065 ⓘ
placeBuilt Belfast ⓘ
portOfRegistry Liverpool ⓘ
propulsion steam turbine ⓘ
registrationPrefix HMHS ⓘ
route United Kingdom–Mediterranean hospital transport ⓘ
safetyModificationsComparedToTitanic improved watertight bulkheads ⓘ
increased lifeboat capacity ⓘ
revised ventilation and boiler room arrangements ⓘ
sankIn Aegean Sea ⓘ
shipClass Olympic-class ocean liner ⓘ
shipRole hospital ship ⓘ
sisterShip RMS Olympic ⓘ
RMS Titanic ⓘ
successorRole none (lost in war) ⓘ
survivorsOnSinking over 1,000 ⓘ
tonnage ~48000 gross register tons ⓘ
usedBy UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government

Royal Navy ⓘ
wreckDiscoveredBy Jacques-Yves Cousteau ⓘ
wreckLocation near Kea, Greece ⓘ
yearOfSinking 1916 ⓘ
yearWreckDiscovered 1975 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thompson Dock → associatedWith → HMHS Britannic ⓘ
this entity surface form: RMS Britannic
HMHS Britannic → designation → HMHS Britannic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: His Majesty's Hospital Ship Britannic
Harland and Wolff → notableWork → HMHS Britannic ⓘ
White Star Line → operatedVessel → HMHS Britannic ⓘ
RMS Titanic → sisterShip → HMHS Britannic ⓘ