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
How the Mail Steamer Went Down in Mid Atlantic by a Survivor the boats are rescued, and that he is safe at home (albeit, without his kit). Those in the water presumably drown. The last line of the story gives a disclaimer that the tale is merely an anecdote, employed to describe what would happen if a ship is put to sea without enough lifeboats for all her passengers, officers and crew. The "Titanic" carried enough lifeboats for only about 53% of those on board at the time of her maiden voyage. Though the "Titanic" probably could have saved a greater percentage of her subjective capacity than the steamer in this story,