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-972 "U-972", it is reported that she sank by one of her own circling T5 torpedoes. But now it is believed she was sunk by Allied Warships. This was her first and only patrol during World War II. The real reason of her sinking is still unknown as her last resting place remains lost. German submarine U-972 German submarine "U-972" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The "U-972" was laid down on 15 June, 1942 at the Blohm & Voss yard in Hamburg, Germany. She was launched on 22 February 1943 and commissioned on