Explore: Britannic (steamship)

the White Star Line to sail with the Britannic name. Britannic was a single-screw passenger steamship equipped with sails built for the White Star Line's

HMHS Britannic; /brɪˈtænɪk/) was the third and final vessel of the White Star Line's Olympic class of ocean liners and the second White Star ship to bear

Britannic was a steamship launched in 1874 and scrapped in 1903. The second was launched in 1914, completed as the hospital ship HMHS Britannic and sunk by

Bermuda. In 1839, Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract, and the next year formed the British and North American

Atlantic when the larger Britannic entered service. Instead, Oceanic was chartered to the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company (O&O) for service

Republic in 1909, the loss of Titanic in 1912, and the wartime sinking of Britannic in 1916. Despite its casualties, the company retained a prominent hold

steamboats and steamships. Smaller steamboats were developed first. They were replaced by larger steamships which were often ocean-going. Steamships required

traditional steamships: a 1,000 foot (300 m) long superliner known as Oceanic, and a smaller more economic liner of a similar design known as Britannic. Work

major changes to maritime safety practices. As for the third sister, HMHS Britannic, she never served her intended purpose as a passenger ship, as she was

short-lived sister ships, RMS Titanic and the Royal Navy hospital ship HMHS Britannic. This included service as a troopship with the name HMT Olympic during