Editor's Note: An earlier version of this article stated that the Britannic was a Victorian-era ship. This is incorrect; the Britannic, along with her sister-ship Titanic, both set sail during the ...

The Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912, had two sister ships almost identical in size and luxury: the Olympic and the Britannic.The White Star Line hoped to conquer its ...

Carl Spencer, who has died aged 39, was one of the world's most accomplished deep-wreck divers and led several high-profile explorations of famous wrecks, including that of Titanic; he was killed ...

The Britannic met the same fate as the Titanic. In comparison, the Britannic had a very short life. This was the last of the three ships to be built, as it was put to sea in 1915 .