Transatlantic passenger liner HMHS Britannic sank in 1916 after striking German mine off island of Kea
Deep-sea divers have retrieved a first batch of objects from the Titanic’s sister ship, which sank off the coast of Greece in 1916, including a signal lamp, ceramic tiles and a pair of binoculars.
The Greek culture ministry said on Monday that a research programme had involved “the retrieval of objects from the wreck site [of the HMHS Britannic] for the first time, from depths exceeding 120 metres [390ft].”
The HMHS Britannic was one of three transatlantic passenger liners built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, the first of which was the RMS Titanic.
Requisitioned by the British admiralty to be converted into a floating hospital during the first world war, it struck a German mine in November 1916 while sailing off the Greek island of Kea.
