Bram W.

The Britannic

A lot of people know about the Titanic but few know about the Britannic.  The Britannic was made in Belfast, which was the same place where  the Titanic was made.  After the beginning of World War I the ship was changed to a hospital ship.  When the ship was completed in 1916, it was on its way to the war the ship had 1,066 people on board.  The Britannic is now 99 years old. Some people called the Britannic “The Gigantic” because it was so large.

The Britannic was a H.M.H.S. ship, that means, His Majesty's Hospital Ship. The colors were yellow, red, green, and white. Yellow was the funnels, white the main color of the ship.  It then had a  green the stripe across and and there was a red hospital sign on it too. The Britannic was 883 feet long, making it larger then the Titanic.

The Britannic was the biggest ship ever lost in World War I.  How the Britannic sank is a mystery that nobody knows. People think the Britannic was sunk by a bomb because there is a large opening in the ship. The ship's sinking location is 37’42’05.0͒North and 24’17’02.0͒ East.

Chapter 2

The Britannic was always a mystery on how it sank.  In 1914, the people in England was losing the war so the navy changed the Britannic into a hospital ship. On October 22, 1916; the Britannic went to go bring wounded soldiers onto the ship and bring them back to other places all around the world. The captain of the ship was Charlie Bartlett.

Chapter 3

On November 21, 1916, the Britannic was on it’s way back to pick up more wounded soldiers.  Captain Bartlett turned the ship around towards the island Kea.  

The Captain Charles Bartlett thought that the ship would save people's lives, but it didn't. The ship's speed was 23 knots,or 29 horsepower,or 42 M.P.H.. They would get all the new soldiers into the lifeboats and then go to Spain.  After that  the wounded soldiers were supposed to be brought back to Ireland.

Sadly the ship sunk, but thankfully most of the people on board were saved. The way the ship sunk is still a mystery for years to come but someday we will find out.