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-226 German submarine U-226 German submarine "U-226" was a Type VIIC U-boat that served with the "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. Laid down on 1 August 1941 as yard number 656 at F. Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel, she was launched on 18 June 1942 and commissioned on 1 August under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Albrecht Gänge. She began her service career in training with the 5th U-boat Flotilla. She was transferred to the 6th flotilla on 1 January 1943. The boat was a member of eleven wolfpacks. She carried out three patrols and sank one ship. She was sunk