ATHENS, Sept 16 \u2013 Greece has announced the recovery of artefacts from the wreck of HMHS Britannic, more than a century after the Titanic\u2019s sister ship was sunk in wartime in the Aegean Sea by a German mine.<\/p>\n
The operation was carried out in May but only made public on Monday, when the culture ministry released details of the finds.<\/p>\n
An 11-member team of professional deep-sea divers with closed-circuit equipment conducted the recovery, organised by British historian Simon Mills, founder of the Britannic Foundation.<\/p>\n
Among items retrieved and lifted with air bags were the ship\u2019s lookout bell, a portside navigation lamp, binoculars, ceramic tiles from Turkish baths, and equipment from first- and second-class cabins.<\/p>\n
The artefacts were secured in containers and immediately cleaned of marine organisms.<\/p>\n
They were then transferred to the laboratories of the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities in Athens, where conservation work will continue.<\/p>\n
Some objects identified in the original plan could not be recovered because of their condition and location.<\/p>\n
Artefacts will eventually go on display at the new National Museum of Underwater Antiquities in Piraeus, in a section dedicated to World War One.<\/p>\n
The Britannic was the third of the White Star Line company\u2019s Olympic class of steamships, along with the RMS Titanic and RMS Olympic.<\/p>\n
The vessel was requisitioned by the British Admiralty during the war to serve as a hospital ship.<\/p>\n
On 16 November 1916, it struck a German mine off the island of Kea and sank in less than an hour.<\/p>\n
Of the 1,065 people on board, 30 died when two lifeboats were pulled into the ship\u2019s propellers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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