The world's first medical ship at sea

Royal Medical Ship Britannia

Part of the White Star Line. She was one of White Star's Olympic-class ships, and a sister ship to Olympic and Titanic.

Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Laying of keel: November 30, 1911

Launching: February 26, 1914

Service: December 23, 1915

Finishing: November 21, 1916 on the Greek island of Kea. November 21, 1916, sank after hitting a mine in the Kea Channel, four miles off the Greek island of Kea.

Home port: Liverpool, England

Displacement: 53,000 tons

Length: 269.11 meters (882.90 ft)

Breadth: 28.65 meters (94 ft)

Draft: 10.58 meters (34.70 ft)

Power: 25 five double-ended and four single-ended boilers. . Two reciprocating four-cylinder, triple-expansion inverted-cylinder steam engines and one low-pressure steam turbine, 59,000 hp

Speed: Service speed: 21 knots, top speed: 23 knots