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-764 the war. In eight patrols she sank one merchant ship, for a total of , and 2 warships sunk (1,696 tons). "U-764" took part in eight wolfpacks, namely "U-764" surrendered on 14 May 1945 at Loch Eriboll, Scotland. She was sunk as a target in position as part of Operation Deadlight on 2 February 1946. German submarine U-764 German submarine "U-764" was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" for service during World War II. She was laid down on 1 February 1941 by Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven as yard number 147, launched on 13 March 1943 and commissioned on