RMS Mauretania (1906) and launched with passengers. When "Britannic", working as a hospital ship during World War I, sank in 1916 after hitting a mine in the Kea channel the already davited boats were swiftly lowered saving nearly all on board, but the ship took nearly three times as long to sink as "Lusitania" and thus the crew had more time to evacuate passengers. "Mauretania" departed Liverpool on her maiden voyage on 16 November 1907 under the command of Captain John Pritchard, and on the return voyage captured the record for the fastest eastbound crossing of the Atlantic, with an average speed of
German submarine U-132 (1941) 120 Squadron RAF. The 120 Squadron attack, in the same area southeast of Cape Farewell where "U-132" inadvertently sunk herself, had actually been on operating nearby, causing severe damage but not sinking her. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Credit for sinking this vessel belongs to "U-442" German submarine U-132 (1941) German submarine "U-132" was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" for service during World War II. She was laid down on 10 August 1940 by Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack as yard number 11, launched on 10 April 1941 and commissioned on 29 May that year under "Oberleutnant zur See" Ernst Vogelsang. In four