In the wake of the #Titanic disaster, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1912, 284 firemen (the coal stokers) on her sister ship #RMSOlympic went out on #strike because of the deplorable condition of her lifeboats. Most of the firemen on #RMSTitanic went down with her, keeping the power on.

#HMHSBritannic was launched on #ThisDayInHistory in 1914. Meant to serve as #RMSBritannic on the North Atlantic #OceanLiner service, and built as a larger, safer sister ship to #RMSTitanic & #RMSOlympic, she worked instead as a hospital ship until sunk by a mine in the Aegean.