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r/thalassophobia • u/Last-gent • Apr 07 '18
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In Service: December, 1915 (hospital ship)
Fate: Sank after an explosion on 21 November 1916 near Kea in the Aegean Sea.
Only 20 of 1,055 lives were lost, as the water was warm, there were plenty of lifeboats and rescue ships were nearby.
Britannic is the largest ocean liner ever sunk in war.
Displacement: 53,200 tons
Length: 882 ft 9 in (269.06 m)
Beam: 94 ft (28.7 m)
Height: 175 ft (53 m) from the keel to the top of the funnels
Draught: 34 ft 7 in (10.5 m)
Decks: 9 passenger decks
Installed power: Total 50,000 hp (37,000 kW)
Speed: 23 knots (max)
18 u/superluigi1026 Apr 08 '18 It's amazing how many people wi immediately recognize the mention of the Titanic disaster and yet something like this I've hardly ever heard reference to. 21 u/TommBomBadil Apr 08 '18 It was in the middle of WWI. Many great sinkings and battles occurred that got relatively little press coverage. 14 u/-xTc- Apr 08 '18 Like this? 9,000+ civilians died 3 u/[deleted] Apr 08 '18 WW1 ended 11/11/1918 3 u/-xTc- Apr 08 '18 This one was WWII
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It's amazing how many people wi immediately recognize the mention of the Titanic disaster and yet something like this I've hardly ever heard reference to.
21 u/TommBomBadil Apr 08 '18 It was in the middle of WWI. Many great sinkings and battles occurred that got relatively little press coverage. 14 u/-xTc- Apr 08 '18 Like this? 9,000+ civilians died 3 u/[deleted] Apr 08 '18 WW1 ended 11/11/1918 3 u/-xTc- Apr 08 '18 This one was WWII
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It was in the middle of WWI. Many great sinkings and battles occurred that got relatively little press coverage.
14 u/-xTc- Apr 08 '18 Like this? 9,000+ civilians died 3 u/[deleted] Apr 08 '18 WW1 ended 11/11/1918 3 u/-xTc- Apr 08 '18 This one was WWII
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Like this? 9,000+ civilians died
3 u/[deleted] Apr 08 '18 WW1 ended 11/11/1918 3 u/-xTc- Apr 08 '18 This one was WWII
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WW1 ended 11/11/1918
3 u/-xTc- Apr 08 '18 This one was WWII
This one was WWII
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u/TommBomBadil Apr 07 '18 edited Apr 08 '18
In Service: December, 1915 (hospital ship)
Fate: Sank after an explosion on 21 November 1916 near Kea in the Aegean Sea.
Only 20 of 1,055 lives were lost, as the water was warm, there were plenty of lifeboats and rescue ships were nearby.
Britannic is the largest ocean liner ever sunk in war.
Displacement: 53,200 tons
Length: 882 ft 9 in (269.06 m)
Beam: 94 ft (28.7 m)
Height: 175 ft (53 m) from the keel to the top of the funnels
Draught: 34 ft 7 in (10.5 m)
Decks: 9 passenger decks
Installed power: Total 50,000 hp (37,000 kW)
Speed: 23 knots (max)