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First artifacts recovered from Titanic’s sister ship wreck

For the first time, divers retrieved items from the wreck of HMHS Britannic, which sank off Greece in 1916, including a signal lamp, ceramic tiles, binoculars, and a lookout bell.

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Published 17.09.2025 09:18
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First artifacts recovered from Titanic’s sister ship wreck

Built alongside the Titanic and Olympic at Belfast's Harland and Wolff shipyard, the Britannic was converted into a hospital ship during World War I and sank near Kea Island in November 1916 after striking a German mine, killing 30 of the 1,065 people on board.

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First artifacts recovered from Titanic’s sister ship wreck

The recovered objects, now transferred to laboratories in Athens, will be permanently displayed in the under-construction Underwater Antiquities Museum in Piraeus.

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First artifacts recovered from Titanic’s sister ship wreck

The other sister ship, RMS Olympic, served from 1911 to 1935 and was upgraded with safety improvements after the Titanic disaster.

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