On April 14, 1912, the Titanic, a luxury passenger liner, sank in the Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg. The sinking was one of the biggest maritime disasters in history and killed more than 1,500 people.
This is the best-known story, full of films and documentaries. But the Titanic was just one of three ships of the same class. Manual do Mundo, the largest Science and Technology channel in Latin America, went deeper into this story and tells everything in the video above.
Olympic, Titanic and Britannic
The three Olympic class ships were built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Ireland. The Olympic was the first to be launched, in 1911, and the Titanic the second, in 1912. The Britannic, the third, was launched in 1914, but was soon recalled by the British navy for use in the First World War. It sank in 1916.
The Olympic and Titanic were virtually identical, but the two ships had very different histories.
The older brother was involved in several collisions, but never sank. It followed the same route that the Titanic should have taken, connecting Europe to the United States.
After the Titanic tragedy, the Olympic had its hull reinforced and more lifeboats were placed. He was also drafted into the war, helping with rescue and troop transportation. She later returned to commercial service and only retired in 1935.
The youngest of the brothers, the Britannic, was created to be the most luxurious of the three, but did not make any commercial trips. It served as a hospital ship during the war and sank after colliding with a water mine in the Aegean Sea. Thirty people died, and 45 were injured.
Source: CNN Brasil
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