Starting in 1915, the vessel housed sick and wounded troops as HMHS (his majesty’s hospital ... the UK and the Mediterranean, the Britannic struck a German mine in the Aegean Sea on November ...
In 1916, the HMHS Britannic, originally built as a passenger liner and later pressed into service as a hospital ship during World War I, was sunk by a naval mine. Thirty people died and 1,035 ...