Final Plunge: Britannic's HARROWING Last 40 Minutes

November, 1916 - HMHS Britannic strikes a mine and begins to sink. What happens next is a harrowing ordeal for all on board as a straightforward evbacuation becomes a deadly, bloody mess. Just what went wrong in those final moments as Britain's newest and finest super liner, a valued hospital ship and larger sister to the infamous RMS Titanic, sank beneath the Agean Sea? In this video, the fourth in our 'Final Plunge' series, we revisit the events of the loss of Britannic on the 109th anniversary and bear witness to the ship's last 40 minutes.

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