Well...In the fall of 2003, a group of divers explored and researched the liner, inside and out, and also ran sonar paths in the vincinity. Simon Mill's, Britannic's owner, accompanied them. The reason britannic sank so fast was greatly due to the fact that her watertight doors had been left open. The massive damage to Britannic does indeed suggest and internal explosion, possibly caused by a torpedo, however, there WAS a U-boat operating in that area just the day or so before and was not a conventional U-boat, it was a mine layer. The U-boat's skipper even admitted he managed to drop 17 or so mines before heading out of the Mediteranean. The sonar scans revealed strong evidence of these mines, finding remnants of unexploded and expldoed mine shells. However, for any kind of information on this great liner, i always refer to my good buddy from TT, Mark Chirnside. Mark is a great authority on Britannic and Olympic, and fairly easy to debate with.

I think the open windows had a large factor in the speed of the sinking.

Even if they closed the windows, the water would still have gotton in.

but i see your point, time was crucial

Yes she would still of sank, but with those window's open, the speed of sinkin, would of been faster, than if they where closed, that time they would of gained, could of ment, the caotain got to beach it.

who was the captian anyway??

Charles Bartlett was her skipper. AKA "Iceberg Charlie", so nicknamed because they said he could "smell the icebergs".

I havn't really ever heard much about the Brittanic. But I want to know, was she strck by a torpedo or did she hit a mine???

The inquiry says a mine, but a torpedo may have been if not the main factor, then one of them.

oh. ok

Hello,

*The inquiry says a mine*

Strictly speaking, it said that the 'probability seems to be a mine' IIRC. So it does not simply say it was a mine. Naturally, it was only a short investigation.

Best wishes,

Mark.