HMHS BRITANNIC

 

HMHS BRITANNIC was the third and final Olympic Class Liner; Sister to the ship the class is named after RMS Olympic, and more famously the ship the world will never forget RMS TITANIC.

 

BRITANNIC was still under construction when the First World War broke out, her construction was stream lined and she was made ready to serve as one of the world’s largest hospital ships at the time. After a series of voyages she completed her time and was sent back to her birthplace Belfast to finish her construction when the admiralty decided they actually needed her for a bit longer. Once again she was sent out to help the injured where tragically she struck a sea mine in the Kea Channel in Greece.

 

The Explosion was so powerful it jammed open many of her water-tight doors allowing water to spread fast, on top of this being designed for the cold North Atlantic, she wasn’t prepared for the heat of Greece, so many of her port holes were open to "Air out the rooms" this accelerated the sinking and on November 21, 1916 she was lost.

 

Her wreck sits just on the edge of the deepest a human can possibly dive on, unlike her sister TITANIC whom is being eaten by micro-organisms, BRITANNIC is thriving with life like a coral reef. This project was to recreate the sunken liner as she lays on the sea floor, at a scale of 1/350 it has been possible to capture a lot of detail.

 

Take a look at the photo gallery in the model section for even more detailed photos. You can also see this model in the hit book by Peter Davis-Garner "Titanic and her sisters Olympic and Britannic."

 

Keep an eye out for my future projects.

William Barney.