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The Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
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The White Star liner Britannic, the largest in its fleet and serving as a hospital ship, sank in the Aegean Sea on November 21 due to a mine or torpedo, killing 50 and injuring 28 of 1,106 survivors, per Admiralty report from London on November 22.
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London, Nov. 22—The steamship Britannic, largest of the White Star line fleet, in naval service as a hospital ship, was sunk yesterday in the Aegean Sea. Fifty lives were lost.
Official announcement from the Admiralty Office today says the Britannic was sunk by a mine or a torpedo. There are 1,106 survivors, of whom 28 were injured.
The Britannic has been in hospital service since she was fitted out.
The White Star liner Britannic was the largest vessel of the White Star fleet afloat.
Built in 1914 at Belfast, she was 852 feet long, 94 feet beam and 59 feet depth.
Her length was somewhat less than that of the White Star liner Olympic which measured 888 feet but the Britannic had the greater tonnage, the Olympic's being 46,300 tons as compared with the Britannic's 47,500.
Late in November, 1915, it was reported that the Britannic was being fitted out for the Dardanelles service as a hospital ship.
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Aegean Sea
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Yesterday (November 21), As Reported On November 22
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50 lives lost; 1,106 survivors, of whom 28 were injured; sunk by a mine or a torpedo
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The steamship Britannic, largest of the White Star line fleet, in naval service as a hospital ship, was sunk in the Aegean Sea. Official announcement from the Admiralty Office states it was sunk by a mine or a torpedo. The Britannic has been in hospital service since fitted out, reported late in November 1915 for Dardanelles service. Built in 1914 at Belfast, 852 feet long, 94 feet beam, 59 feet depth, 47,500 tons.