Britannic (ship, 1874)
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The Britannic was a steamship of the White Star Line and the first of a total of three ships of the shipping company to bear this name.
Ship life
The ship was laid down as a Hellenic in the Harland & Wolff shipyard . Edward J. Harland designed the largest ship of the White Star Line together with its sister ship Germanic . After the name was changed to Britannic during the construction period , it was launched on February 3, 1874. On June 6, 1874, the Britannic was finally delivered to the White Star Line.
The Britannic completed her maiden voyage from Liverpool via Queenstown to New York on June 25, 1874. In November 1876, she received the Blue Ribbon at a speed of 15.43 knots.
In 1899 it served as a transporter during the Boer War .
In 1903 it was scrapped in Hamburg .
A few years later, the White Star Line re- named the Britannic : The following Britannic was launched in 1914 and was the third and last ship of the Olympic class and thus sister ship of the Titanic , which sank in 1912 .
literature
- Richard De Kerbrech: Ships of the White Star Line . Ian Allen Ltd., 2009, ISBN 978-0711033665
- Tony Gibson: The world of ships . Basserman Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8094-2186-3 , page 141
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Footnotes
- ↑ Tony Gibson: The world of ships p. 141.