BRITANNIC HOSPITAL SHIP VOYAGE CHRONOLOGY: 1915-16
Britannic’s service as a hospital ship is recorded in a chronology of her voyages. The chronology starts from the time of her maiden voyage departure from Liverpool and includes: her arrival and departure for each port of call, including the precise time (where recorded); her movements during the spring and summer of 1916, while she was not in active hospital ship service; and her whereabouts right up to her sinking in November 1916.
The material presented here was extracted from Olympic Titanic Britannic: An Illustrated History of the ‘Olympic’ Class Ships (History Press; 2012). The book itself contains further references and some additional snippets of information.
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Arrival Date |
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Voyage 1 |
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12.20 a.m. 23 December 1915 |
Liverpool |
28 December 1915 |
Naples |
3.51 p.m. 29 December 1915 |
Naples |
31 December 1915 |
Mudros |
3.35 p.m. 3 January 1916 |
Mudros |
9 January 1916 |
Southampton |
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Voyage 2 |
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11.51 a.m. 20 January 1916 |
Southampton |
25 January 1916 |
Naples |
3.15 p.m. 4 February 1916 |
Naples |
9 February 1916 |
Southampton |
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Voyage 3 |
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4.26 p.m. 20 March 1916 |
Southampton |
25 March 1916 |
Southampton |
4 p.m. 27 March 1916 |
Naples |
28 March 1916 |
Port Augusta |
3 p.m. 30 March 1916 |
Port Augusta |
4 April 1916 |
Southampton |
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| Spring/Summer 1916 |
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11 April 1916 |
Southampton |
11 April 1916 |
Off Cowes |
9 May 1916 |
Off Cowes |
9 May 1916 |
Southampton |
15 May 1916 |
Southampton |
15 May 1916 |
Off Cowes |
7.30 p.m. 15 May 1916 |
Off Cowes |
17 May 1916 |
Belfast |
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Belfast |
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Southampton |
9 September 1916 |
Southampton |
9 September 1916 |
Off Cowes |
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Voyage 4 |
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5.40 p.m. 24 September 1916 |
Off Cowes |
29 September 1916 |
Naples |
5.40 p.m. 1 October 1916 |
Naples |
3 October 1916 |
Mudros |
9.51 a.m. 5 October 1916 |
Mudros |
11 October 1916 |
Southampton |
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Voyage 5 |
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4.30 p.m. 20 October 1916 |
Southampton |
25 October 1916 |
Naples |
4.42 p.m. 26 October 1916 |
Naples |
28 October 1916 |
Mudros |
12.05 p.m. 30 October 1916 |
Mudros |
6 November 1916 |
Southampton |
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Voyage 6 |
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12.23 p.m. 12 November 1916 |
Southampton |
17 November 1916 |
Naples |
4.37 p.m. 19 November 1916 |
Naples |
21 November 1916 |
‘Ship sunk by enemy’ |
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