First artifacts recovered from Titanic’s sister ship wreck
Greece's Culture Ministry said the mission, conducted in May at depths over 120 meters by an 11-member professional diving team using closed-circuit equipment, was organized by British historian Simon Mills, founder of the Britannic Foundation, and supervised by the ministry's underwater archaeology unit.
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- Published Date: 09:18 | 17 September 2025
- Modified Date: 09:18 | 17 September 2025
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.
The recovered objects, now transferred to laboratories in Athens, will be permanently displayed in the under-construction Underwater Antiquities Museum in Piraeus.
The other sister ship, RMS Olympic, served from 1911 to 1935 and was upgraded with safety improvements after the Titanic disaster.