The ship
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1. Portside view at Moudros,Greece.
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2. Docking at Southampton.Notice the ship's morgue near the stern.
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3. At Moudros (October 3,1916).
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4. One of the first pictures of the Britannic as a hospital ship.
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5. Britannic at Moudros embarking wounded from the smaller hospital ship Galeka.
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6. Screenshot from the documentary of the Discovery Channel.
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7. HMHS Britannic arriving at Southampton.
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8. Britannic docked at Southhampton. Olympic can also be seen in the background. |
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9. Partial view of Britannic at Southampton. |
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10. Britannic and Olympic at Southampton.Not a high quality image but quite rare. |
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11. Unpublished portside view of Britannic at Mudros. |
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12. Canvas cover deployed over the area aft of A-deck. |
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13. An unknown nurse pokes her head through one of Britannic's portholes (October 1916). |
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14. Unpublished photo of the Britannic. Location unknown. |
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15. Britannic at Moudros, loading wounded from a smaller hospital ship (October 1916). |
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PHOTO CREDITS
1,2,5,7: Imperial War Museum 3:
National Maritime Museum 4: Ulster Folk & Trasport Museum 6:
©1997 WGBH Educational
Foundation 8.9.10: Jim Kalafus collection 11: Gregoire Patrigot
collection 12: Sea Classics magazine (September 1978) 13:
THS collection 14,15: Michail Michailakis collection
The interiors
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1. Photo taken inside F ward (used for lower ranks). |
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2. Sheila Macbeth poses with two fellow nurses on one of the ship's staircases. |
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3. Photo taken inside D ward (used for lower ranks). |
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4. The enclosed promenade on B deck was used as a hospital ward for the officers. |
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PHOTO CREDITS
All photos: ©1998 Wordsmith
Publications (courtesy of Simon Mills)
Sources
"Britannic-The Last Titan"- Simon
Mills, Shipping Books Press
"The Last Voyage of HMHS Britannic" -
Rev.John A. Fleming, Wordsmith Publications
The Titanic Commutator
(Vol.15;No.3;1991), Titanic Historical Society
The Titanic Commutator
(Vol.126;No.160;2002), Titanic Historical Society