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
Christian Record Services for the Blind Record expanded its digital library holdings, giving clients better access to online and mobile reading materials. Christian Record Services lending library contains more than 1,500 volumes in Braille and digital cartridges, free of charge for the blind and visually impaired. Christian Record Services offers free large-print and Braille inspirational magazines. Among magazines offered are: "Light" (bi-monthly large-print magazine for adults, circulation 12,228), "The Children's Friend" (quarterly Braille magazine for children 9-12, circulation 1,116), "The Student" (weekly Bible lessons, circulation unknown), "Amazing Facts Bible Correspondence Course" (circulation unknown), and "Christian Record". Full-vision books are books that both sighted children and blind