Britannic Hospital Ship Voyages, 1915-16

BRITANNIC HOSPITAL SHIP VOYAGE CHRONOLOGY: 1915-16

A photograph of HMHS Britannic.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.

Voyage 1

  • Outbound leg
  • 12.20 a.m. 23 December 1915 – Departs Liverpool
  • 28 December 1915 – Arrives Naples
  • 3.51 p.m. 29 December 1915 – Departs Naples
  • 31 December 1915 – Arrives Mudros
  • Return leg
  • 3.35 p.m. 3 January 1916 – Departs Mudros
  • 9 January 1916 – Arrives Southampton

Voyage 2

  • Outbound leg
  • 11.51 a.m. 20 January 1916 – Departs Southampton
  • 25 January 1916 – Arrives Naples
  • Return leg
  • 3.15 p.m. 4 February 1916 – Departs Naples
  • 9 February 1916 – Arrives Southampton

Voyage 3

  • Outbound leg
  • 4.26 p.m. 20 March 1916 – Departs Southampton
  • 25 March 1916 – Arrives Naples
  • 4 p.m. 27 March 1916 – Departs Naples
  • 28 March 1916 – Arrives Port Augusta
  • Return leg
  • 3 p.m. 30 March 1916 – Departs Port Augusta
  • 4 April 1916 – Arrives Southampton

Spring/Summer 1916

  • 11 April 1916 – Departs Southampton
  • 11 April 1916 – Arrives off Cowes
  • 9 May 1916 – Departs from off Cowes
  • 9 May 1916 – Arrives Southampton
  • 15 May 1916 – Departs Southampton
  • 15 May 1916 – Arrives off Cowes
  • 7.30 p.m. 15 May 1916 – Departs from off Cowes
  • 17 May 1916 – Arrives Belfast
  • – Departs Belfast, arrives Southampton
  • 9 September 1916 – Departs Southampton
  • 9 September 1916 – Arrives off Cowes

Voyage 4

  • Outbound leg
  • 5.40 p.m. 24 September 1916 – Departs from off Cowes
  • 29 September 1916 – Arrives Naples
  • 5.40 p.m. 1 October 1916 – Departs Naples
  • 3 October 1916 – Arrives Mudros
  • Return leg
  • 9.51 a.m. 5 October 1916 – Departs Mudros
  • 11 October 1916 – Arrives Southampton

Voyage 5

  • Outbound leg
  • 4.30 p.m. 20 October 1916 – Departs Southampton
  • 25 October 1916 – Arrives Naples
  • 4.42 p.m. 26 October 1916 – Departs Naples
  • 28 October 1916 – Arrives Mudros
  • Return leg
  • 12.05 p.m. 30 October 1916 – Departs Mudros
  • 6 November 1916 – Arrives Southampton

Voyage 6

  • Outbound leg
  • 12.23 p.m. 12 November 1916 – Departs Southampton
  • 17 November 1916 – Arrives Naples
  • 4.37 p.m. 19 November 1916 – Departs Naples
  • 21 November 1916 – ‘Ship sunk by enemy’