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Titanic’s sister ship sunk off Greece in 1916. See first items divers recovered

Scuba divers off Greece recovered the first artifacts from the HMHS Britannic, the Titanic’s sister ship, officials said and photos show. Photo from the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports Off the ...
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Sinking of the Britannic and the targeting of hospital ships: Tragedy, war crimes, and the collapse of maritime protections in World War I

The largest hospital ship lost in World War I, HMHS Britannic, sister ship of the Titanic, sank on November 21, 1916, after striking a German-laid mine in the Aegean Sea. Despite watertight ...
The Guardian

First objects retrieved from wreck of Titanic’s sister ship in Greece

Transatlantic passenger liner HMHS Britannic sank in 1916 after striking German mine off island of Kea Deep-sea divers have retrieved a first batch of objects from the Titanic’s sister ship, which ...
The Mirror

Breakthrough as treasures from Titanic WWI 'sister ship' the Britannic discovered

Archaeologists have hailed a breakthrough after priceless relics were recovered from the Titanic's 'sister ship' over a century after it sank. The HMHS Britannic was constructed as a luxury liner in ...
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Violet Jessop survived the Titanic, the Britannic, and a collision on the Olympic

Violet Jessop was born in Argentina in 1887, the eldest of nine children. She survived tuberculosis as a child, contrary to doctors' predictions. At 21, she became a stewardess for Royal Mail Line.