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
SM U-27 (Germany) success. All 28 members of "E3"s crew were lost. On 19 August 1915, "U-27" was sunk in the Western Approaches in position by gunfire from Q-Ship , and her entire crew including Bernd Wegener was killed in the so-called Baralong Incident. SM U-27 (Germany) SM "U-27" was a German Type "U-27" U-boat built for service in the Imperial German Navy. She was launched on 14 July 1913, and commissioned on 8 May 1914 with Kapitänleutnant Bernd Wegener in command. On 18 October 1914, the British submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by "U-27". This was the first