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-651 German submarine U-651 German submarine "U-651" was a German Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" for service during World War II. She was ordered just after the war started in 1939, laid down on 16 January 1940, launched in December that year and commissioned the following February. She was commanded by Kapitänleutnant Peter Lohmeyer. Her career was a short one. She took part in only one patrol and sank two ships in convoy Convoy HX 133: the merchantmen "Brockley Hill" and . She was sunk by the escort for the same convoy but 45 of her crew were