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
Take That: For the Record was time to call it a day. When the group finally announced the break-up in 1996, Nigel Martin-Smith revealed that Howard Donald was the only one who wanted to keep the band going and did not want it to end. Donald then admitted that he considered committing suicide by jumping in the River Thames, but he was too scared to follow through. Martin-Smith expresses shock over Donald's suicidal thoughts and admits he never knew about it. Following the split, the film reflects on the brief media hype that saw Gary and Robbie battling for highest record sales, with Gary defending