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
Italian hospital ship Ramb IV 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" allowed it