Artefacts from Titanic’s sister ship recovered

Deep-sea divers have retrieved a first batch of objects from the wreck
of HMHS Britannic, more than a century after the Titanic’s sister
ship was sunk in wartime in the Aegean Sea


Ship’s wreck
AEGEAN SEA
GREECE
Kea
60 miles
100km

HMHS BRITANNIC
RMS TITANIC


HMHS BRITANNIC

Third of White Star Line company’s Olympic class of steamships, along with RMS Titanic and RMS Olympic

Requisitioned by British Admiralty to be converted into floating hospital during World War I

Sinks off coast of Greek island of Kea on Nov 16, 1916 after striking German mine, killing 30 of 1,065 people on board

Artefacts recovered by 11-member team of professional deep-sea divers include observatory bell (1); signal lamp (2); and pair of binoculars (3)

1
2
3

Sources: BBC, The Guardian
Pictures: Greek Culture Ministry
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