Exploring the Britannic: The life, last voyage and wreck of Titanic's tragic twin

The Britannic was launched in 1914 as a superior sister ship to the Titanic, but was requisitioned as a hospital ship in 1915 and sank in the Aegean Sea in 1916 after being hit by a mine laid by a German U-boat. The wreck was discovered in 1996 by Jacques Cousteau and explored over 40 years, revealing the ship's construction, launch, and life, as well as the historical findings resulting from the exploration.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 272 pages
\n Publication date: 07 March 2019
\n Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Launched in 1914, two years after the ill-fated voyage of her sister ship, RMS Titanic, the Britannic was intended to surpass her tragic twin in every way. However, war intervened, and in 1915, she was requisitioned as a hospital ship. Just one year later, while on her way to collect troops wounded in the Balkans campaign, she fell victim to a mine laid by a German U-boat and tragically sank in the middle of the Aegean Sea. There her wreck lay, at a depth of 400 feet, until it was discovered 59 years later by legendary explorer Jacques Cousteau. In 1996, the wreck was bought by the author of this book, Simon Mills.

Exploring the Britannic tells the complete story of this enigmatic ship: her construction, launch, and life, her fateful last voyage, and the historical findings resulting from the exploration of the well-preserved wreck over a period of 40 years. With remarkable sonar scans and many never before seen photographs of the wreck, plus fold-out sections of the original Harland & Wolff ship plans, not previously published in their entirety, Exploring the Britannic finally details how the mysteries surrounding the 100-year-old enigma were laid to rest, and what the future might also hold for her.

\n Weight: 1074g\n
Dimension: 196 x 253 x 24 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781472954923\n \n