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
That Was the Week That Was that the election was rigged. An Indian version titled "The Week That Wasn't" was launched and hosted by Cyrus Broacha. Cleveland, Ohio, local personality Ghoulardi (played by Ernie Anderson), host of WJW-TV's "Shock Theater" in the 1960s, ran clips of local celebrities and politicians and satirised them in a "Shock Theater" segment entitled "That Was Weak Wasn't It?" That Was the Week That Was That Was the Week That Was, informally TWTWTW or TW3, was a satirical television comedy programme on BBC Television in 1962 and 1963. It was devised, produced and directed by Ned Sherrin and presented by David