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Sinking of the Britannic and the targeting of hospital ships: Tragedy, war crimes, and the collapse of maritime protections in World War I

The largest hospital ship lost in World War I, HMHS Britannic, sister ship of the Titanic, sank on November 21, 1916, after striking a German-laid mine in the Aegean Sea. Despite watertight ...
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Titanic’s sister ship Britannic yields artifacts 108 years after sinking

For the first time in more than a century, artifacts have been recovered from the wreck of the Britannic, the sister ship of the Titanic, which sank in the Aegean Sea in 1916 after striking a German ...