A deep-diving photographer has captured haunting images of the HMHS Britannic — the Titanic’s sister ship that sank at sea in a maritime disaster 105 years ago.. Rick Ayrton, 63, a retired ...

SHE was the largest ship lost in the First World War, all of her 48,000 tonnes sinking in just 55 minutes. The Britannic followed the watery fate of her sister ship The Titanic, settling at the bot… ...

On November 21, 1916, the Britannic – the new and improved version of the Titanic – became the largest ship sunk during the First World War.

The Britannic sunk in 55 minutes, compared with the two hours and 40 minutes the Titanic took to sink (Image: Jam Press/Rick Ayrton) “It’s amazing to see parts of the ship that you can relate to.

Titanic stewardess Violet Jessop also survived another sinking years after the tragedy. Jessop was on board HMHS Britannic when it struck a mine in 1916 and sank. Before joining the Titanic, she ...

Violet Jessop was an incredibly lucky woman who survived the sinkings of the Titanic and the Britannic as well as a major accident ... She escaped the ship’s sinking in lifeboat 16. “I was ...

In fact, 100 years ago today, its sister ship the HMHS Britannic also met its doom at sea. As the sinking of the “unsinkable ship” made headlines, ...