![]() ![]() She left after a few days and by the morning of November 21st, she was steaming in the Kea Channel. She arrived in Naples, Italy on the 16th for refueling. Britannic departed Southampton for Lemnos, Greece on November 12, 1916. She completed five voyages to the Middle Eastern Theatre, but her sixth voyage was ill-fated. She was painted white with large red crosses and a horizontal green stripe. ![]() Casualties mounted, so Britannic was converted to a hospital ship. The British Admiralty already requisitioned RMS Mauretania and RMS Aquitania from Cunard to be used as troop transporters in the Gallipoli campaign. Cruising speed was 21 knots, while the maximum speed was 23 knots.Īfter her sea trials, Britannic was prepared to enter service, but the First World War started. Two four-cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating engines each producing 16,000 hp were used to spin the outboard triple-blade propellers, while the low-pressure turbine producing 18,000 hp was turning the center four-blade propeller. Besides the structural changes and a slightly larger beam, Britannic had an additional 18,000 hp turbine and 48 lifeboats, capable of carrying 75 people each.īritannic was 269m long and a height of 53m from the keel to the top of the funnels. With Britannic, the changes were made before the launch. Although she was destined to be an ocean liner, the start of the First World War meant she entered service as HMHS Britannic, a military hospital ship.įollowing the loss of Titanic, several design changes were made to the remaining Olympic-class liners. The keel was laid down on November 30th, 1911, and she was completed on December 12, 1915. Britannic was the third and the last liner in the Olympic-class trio of liners built by Harland and Wolff, in Belfast, Northen Ireland. ![]()
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