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HMHS Britannic map - Britannic was an Olympic-class ocean liner built in 1914 for the White Star Line at the Harland and Wolff Shipyards in Belfast, Northern Ireland originally called Gigantic. She was the sister ship to the Olympic and ill-fated Titanic.
The wreck of HMHS Britannic is at in about 400 feet (122 m) of water. [4] It was discovered on 3 December 1975 by Jacques Cousteau, who explored it.
23 wrz 2014 · Tagonidou and the Department of Underwater Antiquities aim to use photographic footage captured by the diving expeditions to verify the condition of the Britannic, which currently rests in 120 meter-deep water.
In August 1996, the wreck was bought by the British naval historian and author Simon Mills In September 2003, an expedition led by Carl Spencer dived into the wreck. This was the first expedition to dive Britannic where all the bottom divers were using closed circuit rebreathers (CCR).
22 cze 2023 · Few underwater expeditions offer as much excitement, mystery, and historical fascination as a dive to the HMS Britannic, the largest shipwreck in the world. Located in the azure waters of the Aegean Sea, near the island of Kea in Greece, the Britannic, like her ill-fated sister ship, the RMS Titanic, holds a tragic tale within.
13 lut 2020 · The legendary wreck of the HMHS Britannic on the Mediterranean floor is to be opened up to diving tourists, Greek officials say. The Titanic is world famous largely because it sank on its maiden voyage in 1912. But its sister ship, the Britannic, was just as unlucky and doomed, albeit for different reasons.
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. Learn more about the Britannic.
