Divers Recover Artifacts From the Titanic’s Sister Ship Britannic for the First Time
Recovered artefacts include the ship's observation bell and first-class items, preserved for display at Greece's new National Museum of Underwater Antiquities, reflecting WWI maritime history.
- An 11-member deep-sea diving team recovered artifacts from the HMHS Britannic wreck in May near Kea island, Greece.
- The Britannic sank on November 21, 1916, after striking a German mine in the Aegean Sea during World War I.
- The ship was the White Star Line’s third Olympic-class vessel, launched in 1914 and converted to a hospital ship during the war.
- Recovered artifacts include the ship’s bell, navigation lamp, ceramic tiles, binoculars, and porcelain sink, now undergoing conservation in Athens.
- The recovered artifacts will be showcased in a new underwater archaeology museum currently being developed at the port of Piraeus, which will include a special World War I exhibit featuring items from the Britannic.
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Marine Archaeologists Salvage Artifacts From Titanic's Sister Ship
Marine archaeologists in Greece have recovered artifacts from the wreck of the HMHS Britannic, a sister ship of the Titanic and the largest vessel lost during the First World War. Britannic was built at Harland & Wolff at the height of WWI and delivered in late 1915. While she had been ordered as a passenger ship, but she was immediately pressed into service as a hospital ship in Royal Navy service, requisitioned for transporting casualties of t…
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The Britannic was originally conceived as a luxury cruise liner
A First: Artifacts Recovered From Titanic's Sister Ship
Divers have recovered artifacts from the Titanic's sister ship, the Britannic, for the first time since the ocean liner sank in the Aegean Sea more than a century ago after striking a mine during World War I, the AP reports. The Culture Ministry in Greece said Monday that an 11-member...
Divers recover artifacts from Titanic's sister ship Britannic for first time
Divers have recovered artifacts from the Titanic’s sister ship the Britannic for the first time since the ocean liner sank in the Aegean Sea more than a century ago after striking a mine during World War I.
Greek divers first lifted objects from the bottom of the Aegean Sea from a sunken British liner, which was killed by a German mine in 1916.
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