⚓ The Different Fates of Titanic and Britannic The RMS Titanic sank in the cold North Atlantic on April 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg. She broke apart as she went down, taking over 1,500 lives — one of the deadliest maritime disasters in peacetime history. Her younger sister ship, HMHS Britannic, met a different end. Serving as a hospital ship during World War I, she struck a mine near Greece in 1916. Due to improved safety measures, many more people survived — but Britannic still sank wit