10 Unusual Facts You Didn't Know About The Titanic

4. After Titanic, The White Star Line Built A Bigger Version, Which Also Sank

After the tragedy of the Titanic€™'s sinking, The White Star Line reviewed the design of the planned third Olympic-class liner, the Britannic. The ship was now to include the addition of a double hull and the raising of the ship's watertight bulkheads, from E deck all the way up to B deck. The Britannic also had added lifeboat capacity and a far superior method of launching them in the form of new motorised davits. The Britannic would also carry lifeboats with enough space for 3,600 people, more than the maximum capacity of crew and passengers that the ship could accommodate.

The new ship was launched in February 1914 and following the outbreak of the First World War later that year, she entered service as a hospital ship to serve the eastern Mediterranean. Britannic was repainted white with a green stripe and large red crosses to identify her as a hospital ship and not a war ship. On her 6th mission to rescue injured troupes, Britannic hit a mine off the coast of the Greek Island of Kea and sank in 55 minutes, under half the time it took the Titanic to sink, with a loss of 30 lives.

Interestingly, Violet Jessop, a lady working as a nurse aboard the Britannic, was also on the Titanic when it sank. She amazingly survived both disasters.