HMHS Britannic filming the wreck for National Geographic. In 2012, on an expedition organised by Alexander Sotiriou and Paul Lijnen, divers using rebreathers successfully installed and recovered scientific equipment used for environmental purposes, to determine how fast bacteria are eating "Britannic"s iron compared to "Titanic". Having her career cut short in wartime, having never entered commercial service, and having had few victims, "Britannic" did not experience the enthusiasm aroused upon the mention of her name, unlike that of her sister ship "Titanic". After having been long ignored by the public, she finally gained fame when her wreck was discovered. Her name was
Italian hospital ship Ramb IV May 1942. Italian hospital ship Ramb IV Ramb IV was an Italian hospital ship, built at Monfalcone by the United Yards of the Adriatic ("Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico", CRDA) in 1938. "Ramb IV" was the last of four sister ships all built to the same design. The other ships were the , , and the . The four ships were built for the Royal Banana Monopoly Business ("Regia Azienda Monopolio Banane"). These ships were originally devised as "banana boats" for transporting refrigerated bananas from Somaliland and Eritrea in Italian East Africa. In the event of war, the design of "Ramb IV"