The stories of the 'Olympic' and 'Britannic' were overshadowed by their middle sister’s legend. ... The RMS Olympic launched on October 20, 1910, and was the oldest of the three ships.

RMS Britannic was supposed to be the grand finale, the best of the bunch, the ship that would add an exclamation point to White Star’s dominance of the waves. It didn’t turn out that way.

The Britannic was the youngest sister of White Star Line's 'Olympic' class of vessels, launched after the RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic. The vessel began to be built on 30 November 1911, with it ...

EVERYONE knows the story of the RMS Titanic which sank in the cold waters of the North Atlantic But not many will know be aware that her sister ship, the HMHS Britannic, was just as doomed as the l… ...

This Wednesday, Feb. 26, marks the 100th anniversary of the launching of HMHS Britannic, sister ship of the most famous ocean liner of all, RMS Titanic. Britannic never sailed as a liner; once ...

FEBRUARY 26, 1914: The Titanic’s sister ship HMHS Britannic was launched on this day in 1914 – only to follow her sibling’s dismal fate by sinking two years later. The hospital craft, which British ...

Wikimedia commons. On April 14, 1912, in a perfect storm of engineering flaws, hubris and simple bad luck, the RMS Titanic descended into the depths of the North Atlantic Ocean roughly 400 miles ...

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.

The RMS Olympic launched on October 20, 1910, and was the oldest of the three ships. Like the Titanic, it held a contract with the British government to carry mail (“RMS” stands for royal mail ...