{"product_id":"9781472954923-exploring-the-britannic-the-life-last-voyage-and-wreck-of-titanics-tragic-twin","title":"Exploring the Britannic","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe life, last voyage and wreck of Titanic's tragic twin\u003cbr\u003eA revelatory and wide-ranging exploration of HMS\u003ci\u003e Britannic­ \u003c\/i\u003e– her life at sea and on the seabed – by the owner of her wreck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaunched in 1914, two years after the ill-fated voyage of her sister ship, RMS \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBritannic\u003c\/i\u003e was intended to be superior to her tragic twin in every way. But war intervened and in 1915 she was requisitioned as a hospital ship. Just one year later, while on her way to collect troops wounded in the Balkans campaign, she fell victim to a mine laid by a German U-boat and tragically sank in the middle of the Aegean Sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere her wreck lay, at a depth of 400 feet, until it was discovered 59 years later by legendary explorer Jacques Cousteau. In 1996 the wreck was bought by the author of this book, Simon Mills.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eExploring the Britannic\u003c\/i\u003e tells the complete story of this enigmatic ship: her construction, launch and life, her fateful last voyage, and the historical findings resulting from the exploration of the well-preserved wreck over a period of 40 years. With remarkable sonar scans and many never before seen photographs of the wreck, plus fold-out sections of the original Harland \u0026amp; Wolff ship plans, not previously published in their entirety, \u003ci\u003eExploring the Britannic\u003c\/i\u003e finally details how the mysteries surrounding the 100-year-old enigma were laid to rest, and what the future might also hold for her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31823877046369,"sku":"9781472954923","price":26.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27615918.jpg?v=1721907163","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472954923-exploring-the-britannic-the-life-last-voyage-and-wreck-of-titanics-tragic-twin","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}