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-182 German submarine U-182 German submarine "U-182" was a Type IX D 2 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" which served in World War II. Her keel was laid down on 7 April 1941 at DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen as yard number 1022; she was launched on 3 March 1942 and commissioned on 30 June of the same year. She carried out a single war patrol, sinking five merchant vessels and spending 159 days at sea. "U-182" was probably sunk near Madeira on 16 May 1943 by . 61 crew members and three prisoners of war died. The boat had been unsuccessfully