Why Britannic Sank in Fifty-Five Minutes

Why did the safest ocean liner of her generation sink three times faster than Titanic? Harland and Wolff rebuilt the ship with a heavy double hull and enhanced compartments designed to survive six flooded sections. Yet when disaster struck in the Aegean Sea, rows of lower portholes stood wide open. Sources: HMHS Britannic (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMHS_Br... Charles Alfred Bartlett (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles... Sinking - Hospital Ship HMHS Britannic: https://hmhsbritannic.weebly.com/sink... HMHS Britannic | Atlantic Liners: https://atlanticliners.com/white_star... As Time Goes By: Britannic, 109 Years Later - InDEPTH: https://indepthmag.com/as-time-goes-b... Artefacts from HMHS Britannic retrieved for display in Greek: https://www.westernfrontassociation.c... Ghostly Images Of HMHS Britannic | Hydro International: https://www.hydro-international.com/a... 0:00 Introduction 2:07 The Lessons of Belfast 3:44 Requisition and War Service 5:11 The Midpoint Turn: The Flooding 6:21 The Evacuation and the Propellers 7:57 Rescue and the Weapon Debate 9:33 The Lost Luxury and Reparations 10:31 The Verdict from the Deep Credits: Vue sur une cheminée hydrothermale (Ifremer 00701-81315) (CC BY 4.0, null) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Fond abyssal (Ifremer 00701-81314) (CC BY 4.0, Ifremer) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Mesure sur modioles (Ifremer 00700-81188) (CC BY 4.0, Ifremer) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Positionnement de TEMPO (Ifremer 00701-81282) (CC BY 4.0, null) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... A Modern Hospital Bed in Pok Oi Hospital (CC BY-SA 4.0, Peachyeung316) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... A lifeboat on the cruise ship Scarlet Lady (CC BY 2.0, The Silver Novice) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Drawing Conception of Britannic's 1st Class Smoke Room (CC BY-SA 4.0, Unknown artist Unknown artist) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... The Treaty of Versailles, and signatures (CC BY-SA 4.0, Lord Milner) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Historical photographs: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, U.S. Navy and other archives. Narration is synthetic. Script research is drawn from the sources above. Stock footage is illustrative and may not show the exact events. #deepsea #shipwrecks #oceanmysteries