SHE was the largest ship lost in the First World War, all of her 48,000 tonnes sinking in just 55 minutes. The Britannic followed the watery fate of her sister ship The Titanic, settling at the ...

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 onboard in 1916. Thirty people who ...

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this article stated that the Britannic was a Victorian-era ship. This is incorrect; the Britannic, along with her sister-ship Titanic, both set sail during the ...

In fact, 100 years ago today, its sister ship the HMHS Britannic also met its doom at sea. As the sinking of the “unsinkable ship” made headlines, its owners at the White Circle Line already ...

In 1935, the ship was withdrawn from service and sold for scrap. Just a year later, after several successful trips between the UK and the Mediterranean, the Britannic struck a German mine in the ...

Patroness of the Mediterranean Explore the Britannic, sister ship of the infamous Titanic, and relive her tragic sinking after striking a mine in the First World War. Advertisement All the Latest ...

John Priest survived no fewer than four ships that went to the bottom, including Titanic and its sister ship Britannic. John Priest was one of more than 150 'firemen', or stokers, whose job it was ...