White Star Line "Olympic" class were to be the biggest and most luxurious ships in the world. The "Olympic" was the only ship of this class that was profitable for White Star. "Titanic" sank on her maiden voyage, while "Britannic" was requisitioned by the British government before she was fully fitted, and used as a hospital ship during World War I. "Britannic" hit an underwater mine, in the Kea Channel off the Greek island of Kea, and sank on the morning of 21 November 1916. Like many other shipping lines, the White Star Line suffered heavy losses during the First World War which
Stadt Zürich (ship, 1855) Stadt Zürich (ship, 1855) The Stadt Zürich was a Swiss steamship, built in 1855, that plied Lake Constance. She was given the nickname "Teufelsschiff" ("Devil's Ship") because she was involved in three serious collisions with other craft and was said to have sunk more German ships than the Danish navy during the Second Schleswig War. The "Stadt Zürich", like her sister ship, the "Thurgau", was one of the largest and most powerful flush deck steamers on Lake Constance; these ships beginning their service in the mid-1850s. In 1870, the "Stadt Zürich" underwent her first conversion. In 1884, the ship was