Titanic’s Twin: The Britannic Disaster | Declassified

Sift through the puzzling history of Titanic’s forgotten twin sister, Britannic, a massive ocean liner turned World War I hospital ship. Join hosts Kate Humble and Andy Torbet as they dive deep into the mystery of why Britannic sank into anonymity.
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[@davinp]

Nurse Violet Jessop was on a 3 ships - Olympic, Titanic and Brittanic when disaster struck and she survived them all

[@ikkelimburg3552]

Imagine being Violet on the Brittanic. After surviving the Titanic I would immediately after the first suspicious sound be like ‘F this, I’m out’ 😂

[@jkephart4624]

​@@ikkelimburg3552to br fair it was ww1 and they were warned

[@destructionnl8165]

@@jkephart4624 Well that may be true but attacking a hospital ship however...

[@jkephart4624]

@@destructionnl8165 yes I agree. but tirpitz was a snake and everyone at the time knew it

[@J.R.in_WV]

The lack of any mention of the Olympic in many of the talking points here is kind of disappointing. She was basically White Star’s last real big success and would turn out to be a grand, reliable ship that lasted over 24 years and succumbed not to disaster at sea but to economic depression and the torches at the scrap yard.

[@anemeth9281]

Olympic was switched with Titanic

[@Napp28]

I've often wondered why there aren't more images of the Britannic wreck as she rests in only 400 ft of water; Now I know, Simon Mills owns it and thus it is a Private Shipwreck (and I guess he doesn't like to share much). As a young person I bought many of his ocean liner books so, glad I was able to help him (in a small way) to buy this shipwreck! lol . This documentary has sparked my interest over how much of the Britannic's interiors were already set as a passenger ship when she was called to duty. The chair piece (which the owner and hostess constantly hold upside down) is from the chairs in the Ritz A La Carte Restaurant. The piece shown in this video is of the LOWER back bottom of the chair .... and hence, as I said, they're holding it upside down! So, if an A La Carte Chair was onboard the ship; was the Restaurant already furbished as it would've been for her ocean liner career? Or did a chair or two somehow just remain on board when her interiors were removed?

[@anemeth9281]

He is such a selfish and disgusting person

[@davinp]

The explosion probably jammed the water tight doors open. They were opened earlier that morning. If all the doors and portholes been closed, Brittanic probably would not have sunk

[@kevinmyles6369]

Totally agree on this. She was the pinnacle of safety cuz everything was done to her not to be as tragic as her older sister... Bartlett did what he could. He even tried to beach cuz not far from land her but nevertheless...

[@jparsons233]

The beginning why don’t they ever mention Olympic? She deserves some love as well.

[@darebear2001]

I was wondering the same thing. They talk about the drydock being used to build TWO of the biggest ships the world had ever seen... Um... there were three of them. And they were the "Olympic Class" on top of it all.

[@doctorbohr1585]

Olympic was the best, but least romantic, of the three. She had a longer career, she was the biggest ship in the world for a longer time than her siblings, and she became the only troop ship to sink a uboat.

[@jparsons233]

@@doctorbohr1585 yes true but still deserves recognition

[@doctorbohr1585]

@@jparsons233 yes, that is what I'm saying. All those achievements, and Olympic doesn't even get a mention.

[@catface3473]

It didn.t sink...what's so noteworthy about that ?....of course i.m being sarcastic..😢

[@NewNightmare115]

0:30 Titanic had a near identical sister, which suffered a near identical fate. Olympic, Titanic, Britannic - Three sister ships. Well they did both sink, but one was an iceberg, the latter was a sea mine. The Olympic survived until her scrapping in 1937.

[@mikacossey1319]

olympic was the only one out of the three that was unsinkable and she was built first

[@johnmacdonald5670]

You mean she’s the only one that didn’t sink. No ship is unsinkable

[@kennybeck5519]

She's made of iron sir! I assure you she can!

[@G2theS]

Wait… so a pedestrian owns the Britannic 🤯😧😵‍💫

[@jasondrinovsky7962]

Why does no one mention Olympic? In my opinion she's the real hero of the 3. She had a long successful career, served in World War 1, and survived. And Violet Jesup worked on all 3 Olympic class liners. I know this video isn't about the Olympic, but it's not about Titanic either.

[@Gabriel_Rojas_Arena]

She didn't sank plus the only Fames Olympic had was being rammed by the HMS Hawke and she sunk a U-Boat while they're getting ready to fire, but it malfunctioned. Titanic & Britannic have more infamy

[@shaunkolly7113]

And if they didn’t sink they could of gone on to do great things

[@jasondrinovsky7962]

@shaunkolly7113 Like what? Once the Brittanic was done being a hospital ship it was being returned to Belfast to be refitted to be a Transatlantic ocean liner, just like Olympic. Titanic would have probably also served in WW1 just as Olympic and would have also been refitted back to a Transatlantic liner. Olympic was refitted back in Belfast after surviving the war and had a long career. I don't know why people think the other two would have been so great, especially Titanic. They would have had the same career duties as Olympic, had they survived.

[@jasondrinovsky7962]

@Gabriel_Rojas_Arena It also plowed over the Nantucket too in 1934. But I really wish Olympic would have had the same destiny as the Queen Mary, a floating museum from a piece of White Star Line history.

[@Gabriel_Rojas_Arena]

@@jasondrinovsky7962 but the Queen Mary gained more infamy of sinking the battleship Curacoa during WW2, both just evading enemy u-boats but poorly timed

[@adrianrobertson1478]

Lovely narration, fantastic photography, excellent content!

[@WatchDeclassified]

Glad you liked it!

[@woods42]

I hope this channel starts getting traction!! Definitely worth some views and subscriber's!

[@WatchDeclassified]

Us too! Thanks for your support!

[@davinp]

After Titanic sank, construction was halted on Brittanic to make safety changes

[@farinshore8900]

I had never heard that there were two sister ships. This is amazing

[@MasterBritannicJess]

Learn more about Titanic and Britannic Stories

[@davinp]

Titanic had sank in icy freezing waters, but Brittanic sank in warmer water, so no one froze to death

[@reneedailey1696]

And the safety measures put in place following Titanic's sinking helped a great deal- Despite sinking in just under an hour, they managed to get everybody off the ship, and most of the fatalities were because crew went against the captain's orders.

[@lagresomadsl]

Right. 30 was killed by the propellor

[@thatsmarco7413]

Still cold at 70' F (21°)...It was november

[@mattt233]

The blast from the mine warped the bulkheads so the watertight doors couldn't close. Thus why the Britannic sank.

[@insane_rail_lover]

While I do like this Documentary a lot, I wish they’d mention at least one thing about the Olympic.

[@rosadallago9543]

How does one buy a ship wreck? And from whom? Also why? So many questions.

[@anemeth9281]

He is disgusting

[@KarenFlanagan-s7z]

And the Oscar goes to. This is perfect horrible at the same time Bravo 👏.

[@lorrietsaoussis5168]

That must be very hard for the one guy who was one of the titanic look outs seeing britainic must be like looking at titanic all over again i have no idea how he even got on it i would of had panic attacks

[@reneedailey1696]

Probably made better when she was refitted as a hospital ship, for sure.

[@jimjoe9945]

1:06 re-engineered to be even more unsinkable!😂. Is this one of thoses oxymoron's?

[@lagresomadsl]

No. They were top of the line naval architects of that era. When olympic, Titanic, and Britannic were built they was at the time one of the biggest ships to roam the oceans. Up until 1912 no ship has ever gotten into a situation with iceberg collision on such an extent, or a mine. When Olympic and Titanic was built, it was just up scaled big8 four class ships, a Which was highly successful, but getting small in comparison to Cunards new ships. The incorporated measures to Britannics Hull was designed to withstand the damage occurred on Titanic, and in a similar damage Britannic would probably stay afloat with a massive part of the Hull being flooded. The watertight bulkheads on Titanic was designed in such a way that 4 compartments filled with water would still leave the buoyancy intact. But the damage sustained was much larger then to be contained within 4 compartments. So all the calculations White Star did to improve Britannic was factual and even if this idea of bigger ships is better, we need to understand how and what the means of travel was. Queen Mary to day is our time Titanic. A symbol of a naval achievements. Up until 1950 ships was a nations symbol and pride. Italy had Andrea Doris, France with the latest ss France and SS Normandie. UK and Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Canada and empress ships, To answer your question. They were not oxymorons. They was proud ships architects and builder, giving nations the finest and at the time of building the most sophisticated and highly technological masterpieces.

[@EAMBW]

I couldn’t stop shaking my head at that too

[@joseedgarmaat8497]

Titanic and Britannic was same different on their tragic fate but Olympic has longer old fated than 2 sister ships on their longer and shorter service maiden voyage.👍👏😢💔🚢🚢🚢

[@mentalmodeled]

The British. The honor, resolve, dignity and devotion to duty. Wow.

[@farinshore8900]

What the hell was an iceberg doing in the mediteranian ?

[@Kasaidy]

Apparently you haven't watched this documentary...

[@yours2injesus2]

HOW SAD

[@paulanthony5274]

Missing the point in this video TITANIC was such a famous tragedy because she sank on her maiden voyage amongst other things. So yes it happened again but also no it didn't.

[@KarenFlanagan-s7z]

Does anyone own the Titanic wreck now?

[@MasterBritannicJess]

Yes

[@johncaldwell-wq1hp]

Perhaps it's good-thing some-one "owns-it"--because the Chinese,would have cut-up & GONE-in an Instant,-& could not care less--about "Heritage"-out here in the Pacific,-nearly all the W.W.2-are dissapearing Fast,-thanks to them .

[@bjorklive2379]

This documentary is misleading in alot of ways. It's well done,but a bit patronising with lots of missing info.

[@bjorklive2379]

@@creech847 confusing it with the lusitania

[@anthonylowder6687]

They won’t see the damage from the mine because Britannic lies on her starboard side where the mine struck also the ripped off bow was not a result of the mine but she struck the bottom and twisted while sinking ripping her bow almost completely off.

[@robertjones-eb4xo]

Spoilt as always by a Drama Queen Commentator. What ever she was.

[@KevinBarrowclough-ct2fm]

the Olympic should never have been scrapped and used as a dry Dock hotel like they had done to the queen Mary now a dry Dock hotel in San Francisco. the Queen Mary. the Olympic was more luxurious than the titanic.why they scrapped it was may be to cover up titanic and Britain's weaknesses?

[@anemeth9281]

Because she was switched with Titanic, so they had to scrap her

[@mikemurphy8905]

First

[@bar10ml44]

Wouldn't you think that the life boats should have been lowered immediately and orders given to abandon ship. If this is accurate I'm not impressed with the captains lack of actions.

[@LilyRose37.]

No they have to see what damage the ship has taken first

[@insane_rail_lover]

Actually some were being lowered without the Captain’s orders, he specifically told other crew members he was going to try beaching the ship and they either misunderstood that or ignored it… (Not many but there were a couple lifeboats that were lowered without his permission). If he didn’t try to beach his ship, he would be criticized more than he ended up already being.

[@johnlangdon7576]

Another insurance job ?

[@reneedailey1696]

Not sure how striking an iceberg or hitting a mine is an "insurance job".

[@TitanicHorseRacingLover]

no

[@Cyberdyne-kg8ku]

Stupid comment. Neither was an insurance job. Do some research instead of quoting endless conspiracy b.s.

[@anemeth9281]

​@@reneedailey1696 Olympic (as Titanic) was sunk deliberately