Kea, Cyclades, Greece
HMHS Britannic was the youngest of the three Olympic-class ocean liners and a sister ship of RMS Titanic. Requisitioned by the Royal Navy as a hospital ship in the First World War, she struck a German mine on 21 November 1916 in the Kea Channel south of Athens and sank in approximately 55 minutes; thirty crew members were lost and her sinking remains the largest passenger-ship loss of the war. The wreck rests on its starboard side at a depth of approximately 122 metres in the Kea Channel, at a position recorded after the dive expedition by Jacques Cousteau in 1976 and re-surveyed by subsequent technical-diving teams. The Britannic is by far the largest ocean-liner wreck in the world that is recreationally accessible and one of the most demanding technical dives in the Mediterranean. Diving is limited to credentialed mixed-gas trimix teams operating under permits from the Greek government and the wreck's private owner, who has acquired the title; the site is also a war grave under UK and Greek law and removal of any artefact is forbidden. Visibility in the Kea Channel routinely exceeds 30 metres.
Information on this page, including technical data such as depth, current, visibility, access, and recommended level, is informational and may vary. Confirm actual conditions with a local operator before the dive.
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