Items retrieved from Britannic

DIVERS have recovered artefacts from the Titanic’s sister ship, the Britannic, for the first time since the ocean liner sank in the ‘Aegean Sea more than a century ago after striking a mine during the First World War.

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‘The Culture Ministry in Greece said an 11-member deep-sea diving team conducted a weeklong operation in May to recover artefacts including the ship's bell and the port-side navigation light.

‘The White Star Line’s Britannic, launched in 1914, was designed as a luxury cruise liner, but was requisitioned as a hospital ship during the First World War.

It was heading toward the island of Lemnos when it struck a mine and sank off the island of Kea, about 75 kilometres (45 miles) southeast of Athens, on November 21, 1916.