Britannic

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There were three ships that bore the name Britannic. All were built as transatlantic ocean liners for the White Star Line by Harland & Wolff in Belfast.

  • SS Britannic (1874): The only one of the three to hold the Blue Riband with an average speed of almost 16 knots. Her sister ship was the SS Germanic. In 1887, she collided with SS Celtic but both ships remained afloat.
  • HMHS Britannic (1914): Was sister to RMS Olympic and the ill-fated RMS Titanic. While she was being fitted out, World War I broke out and she was used as a hospital ship in the war effort. On November 21, 1916, she struck a naval mine (or was torpedoed—the cause is still disputed) and sunk. 30 men were killed out of 1,066 on board. She was never used for the transatlantic passenger service she was designed for.

Today the ship is administered by The Britannic Foundation

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
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