Sunken Sister Ship of Titanic to be Underwater Seabed Museum

Sitting on its side at the bottom of the Aegean Sea, Titanic’s lesser-known sister ship is set to become a spectacular underwater seabed museum more than 90 years after the gigantic and luxurious Olympic-class ocean liner met her demise when she sank in 1916.

The ship was launched in February 1914 at Belfast, and put to use as a wartime hospital ship for the first time the following year. It sank off the Greek island of Kea near Athens on November 21 1916 when an explosion gouged a hole in its hull, while on its way to collect soldiers wounded in the Balkan campaign of the First World War.

Much mystery remains with so little known about her. Up to now the ship has only been glimpsed by a handful of divers, but the ocean liner will soon be open to tourists next summer.

The wreck of Britannic lies at a depth of 400 feet (122 meters), so visitors to the museum will reach the ship in small submersibles. LINK



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