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-657 sank one merchant ship, for a total of . "U-657" took part in six wolfpacks, namely "U-657" was sunk on 17 May 1943 in the North Atlantic, E of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position , by depth charges from Royal Navy frigate . All hands were lost. German submarine U-657 German submarine "U-657" was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" for service during World War II. She was laid down on 5 October 1940 by Howaldtswerke, Hamburg as yard number 806, launched on 12 August 1941 and commissioned on 8 October 1941 under "Oberleutnant zur See" Hans-Jürgen