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HMHS Britannic (originally to be the RMS Britannic) (/ b r ɪ ˈ t æ n ɪ k /) was the third and final vessel of the White Star Line's Olympic class of steamships and the second White Star ship to bear the name Britannic. She was the youngest sister of the RMS Olympic and the RMS Titanic and was intended to enter service as a transatlantic ...
When new, Britannic was the largest motor ship in the UK Merchant Navy [9] and the second largest in the World, second only to the Italian liner Augustus. [10] [11] Britannic was built as a "cabin ship" with berths for 1,553 passengers: 504 cabin class, 551 tourist class and 498 third class. [12]
HMHS Britannic as a hospital ship. The third of the Olympic-class trio, Britannic was ordered in 1911 and launched on 26 February 1914 at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast and fitting out began. [52] In August 1914, before Britannic could commence transatlantic service between New York and Southampton, World War I began.
Violet Constance Jessop (2 October 1887 – 5 May 1971) was an Irish-Argentine ocean liner stewardess and Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse in the early 20th century. Jessop is best known for having survived the sinking of both RMS Titanic in 1912 and her sister ship HMHS Britannic in 1916, as well as having been aboard the eldest of the three sister ships, RMS Olympic, when it collided with the ...
It was the last steamship built for the White Star Line and the last White Star Line ship to sink. Oceanic: 1928 60,000-80,000 Keel laid down by Harland & Wolff in 1927 but never finished due to depression and collapse of RMSPC. Britannic: 1929: 1929–1949: 26,943
As with nearly all White Star ships Britannic was built at Harland & Wolff, Belfast, largely designed by Edward Harland.She was built at a cost of £200,000 (equivalent to £23,450,000 in 2023), [2] [3] Britannic was the first White Star ship to sport two funnels.
The ship was designed with three masts: a 133-foot (41 m) foremast, a 139-foot (42 m) mainmast, and a 118-foot (36 m) mizzenmast. The top aerial on the foremast and the top 20 feet (6 m) of the mainmast were hinged to allow the ship to pass under bridges.
By 1907, he had been appointed the Managing Director of Harland and Wolff and began to oversee the plans for three new ocean liners for the White Star Line: RMS Olympic, RMS Titanic and RMS (later HMHS) Britannic. All three ships were designed by Andrews, William Pirrie and general manager Alexander Carlisle to be the largest, safest and most ...