Even before she launched, BRITANNIC was pushed to the side by her more famous and tragic sister-ship TITANIC.  Although built stronger, larger, and designed to be even more opulent, BRITANNIC would never see a day of her intended purpose as a passenger liner.  Conscripted to war, she served dutifully as a hospital ship until a mysterious explosion sent her to the bottom of the Aegean Sea in 1916.

Resting undisturbed for 60 years, the many unanswered questions surrounding the majestic wreck of HMHS BRITANNIC attracted the very best in underwater explorers.  Discovered in 1976 by Jacques Cousteau, the next 40 years would witness small groups of highly-determined divers mounting ever more aggressive explorations, pushing the limits of man and ever-improving diving technology.  This presentation will take the audience on a tour of those explorations, beginning with Cousteau’s epic diving escapades on the newly discovered wreck and finishing with a video documenting the cutting-edge 2015 expedition conducted on the iconic White Star liner.