Simon Mills

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Exploring the Britannic: The Life, Last Voyage and Wreck of Titanic's Tragic TwinHardcover, 12 March 2019

Exploring the Britannic: The Life, Last Voyage and Wreck of Titanic's Tragic Twin
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Print Length
272 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Adlard Coles Nautical Press
Date Published
12 Mar 2019
ISBN-10
1472954920
ISBN-13
9781472954923

Description

**A revelatory and wide-ranging exploration of HMS Britannic---her life at sea and on the seabed--by the owner of her wreck.

Launched in 1914, two years after the ill-fated voyage of her sister ship, RMS Titanic, the Britannic was intended to be superior to her tragic twin in every way. But war intervened and in 1915 she was requisitioned as a hospital ship. Just one year later, while on her way to collect troops wounded in the Balkans campaign, she fell victim to a mine laid by a German U-boat and tragically sank in the middle of the Aegean Sea.

There her wreck lay, at a depth of 400 feet, until it was discovered 59 years later by legendary explorer Jacques Cousteau. In 1996 the wreck was bought by the author of this book, Simon Mills.

Exploring the Britannic tells the complete story of this enigmatic ship: her construction, launch and life, her fateful last voyage, and the historical findings resulting from the exploration of the well-preserved wreck over a period of 40 years. With remarkable sonar scans and many never before seen photographs of the wreck, plus fold-out sections of the original Harland & Wolff ship plans, not previously published in their entirety, Exploring the Britannic finally details how the mysteries surrounding the 100-year-old enigma were laid to rest, and what the future might also hold for her.

Product Details

Author:
Simon Mills
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
12 March 2019
Dimensions:
25.15 x 19.56 x 2.29 cm
Genre:
1900-1919
ISBN-10:
1472954920
ISBN-13:
9781472954923
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
272
Weight:
1043.26 gm

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