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Britannic was the third largest ship in the world at that time and was a sister of the other sister ships Titanic and Olympic. It was brought by the armed forces ministry in 1914 to serve as a hospital and troop transport for the First World War. She was sent to the Mediterranean in 1916 and was forced to stop at Naples due to a storm. In the morning of 21st November 1916 at 08:12AM a explosion from a sea mine erupted, Captain Bartlett ordered an evacuation. As she started sinking, her engines were still in slow making lowering the lifeboats difficult. At 09:07, the Britannic had sunk with sadly 21 people being killed (most from an lifeboat accident). The wreck is located near the island of Kea.

Description
Britannic was the third largest ship in the world at that time and was a sister of the other sister ships Titanic and Olympic. It was brought by the armed forces ministry in 1914 to serve as a hospital and troop transport for the First World War. She was sent to the Mediterranean in 1916 and was forced to stop at Naples due to a storm. In the morning of 21st November 1916 at 08:12AM a explosion from a sea mine erupted, Captain Bartlett ordered an evacuation. As she started sinking, her engines were still in slow making lowering the lifeboats difficult. At 09:07, the Britannic had sunk with sadly 21 people being killed (most from an lifeboat accident). The wreck is located near the island of Kea.