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
Yongfeng-class coastal defense ship raised the ship and rearmed it with Japanese guns to enter Japanese service on October 15, 1938, renamed "Asuka" (飛鳥). "Asuka" first served as a torpedo-boat mothership but eventually, in 1940, served as a liaison ship until it was sunk by American aerial attack on May 7, 1945 in the Huangpu River. Specification: "Yongji" is the 2nd ship of "Yongfeng"-class coastal defense ship built by China itself. Construction begun in 1911, the same year as its sister ship "Yongjian", but due to the Xinhai Revolution, construction was delayed and not until seven years later in 1918 was "Yongji" finally completed.