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-842 more than one hour, "U-842" was sunk by depth charges from "Wild Goose", there were no survivors. German submarine U-842 German submarine "U-842" was a Type IXC/40 U-boat built for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. "U-842" was ordered in January 1941 from DeSchiMAG AG Weser in Bremen under the yard number 1048. Her keel was laid down on 6 April 1942 and the U-boat was launched on 14 November the same year. She was commissioned into service under the command of "Kapitänleutnant" Wolfgang Heller (Crew 30) in 4th U-boat Flotilla on 1 March 1943. German Type IXC/40 submarines