Britannic, widely known as the Titanic's sister-ship, commandeered by the British Admiralty had been converted to hospital ship during the WWI. Launched in 1914 she was the largest ocean liner of the time and after the 1912 Titanic disaster changes had been made to her designs. Britannic was...
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. The Britannic was built by the Belfast firm of ...