How many Britannics?

Tripp Carter · Jun 30, 2004

I read somewhere on Ebay that the Britannic was in service from 1930-1960? I thought the ship never got the chance to see service because it was commissioned for war and was destroyed by that bomb.

Mark Baber · Jun 30, 2004

The ship that ran from 1930 to 1960 was Britannic III; the Olympic/Titanic sister ship was Britannic II.

Tripp Carter · Jul 2, 2004

Do you know what happened to the Britannic I or was that ship built before the Olympic class came about? I had no idea that there were 3 Britannics.

Michael H. Standart · Jul 2, 2004

Tripp, you might want to click on Britannic I for a history of this ship. She served from 1874 to 1903 when she was sold to a German scapping firm for £11,500.

Tripp Carter · Jul 2, 2004

Will do, thanks guys.

Mark Baber · Jul 2, 2004

Hmmm...not sure why there's no biography of Britannic I on her Great Ships page. I'll see that that gets corrected.

Jim Stein · Jul 3, 2004

Britannic 1 was a sister ship to Germanic both built by H&W interestingly the Germanic survived for 75 years even 2 sinkings.
I'm looking for drawings of either ship.

Severin Vogt · Apr 13, 2017

There were three White Star Line ships with the name Britannic. There was the SS Britannic from 1874, the famous HMHS Britannic from 1916, and the MV Britannic from 1929.