SOURCES
Books
HOSTAGE TO FORTUNE by Simon Mills; Wordsmith Publications; 2003; ISBN 1-899493-03-4.
HMHS BRITANNIC, THE LAST TITAN by Simon Mills; Shipping Books Press; 1996; 2nd Ed; ISBN 1900867001.
THE OLYMPIC CLASS SHIPS: OLYMPIC-TITANIC-BRITANNIC by Mark Chirnside; The History Press; 2011; 2nd Ed; ISBN 0752458957.
OLYMPIC,TITANIC,BRITANNIC: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC CLASS SHIPS by Mark Chirnside; The History Press; 2012; ISBN 0752453106.
THE LAST VOYAGE OF HIS MAJESTY'S HOSPITAL SHIP BRITANNIC by Rev. John A. Fleming (add.notes by Simon Mills); Wordsmith Publications; 1998; ISBN 1-899493-02-6.
THE UNSEEN BRITANNIC by Simon Mills; The History Press; 2014; ISBN 978-0-7524-9771-6.
MYSTERY OF THE LAST OLYMPIAN by Richie Kohler (with Charlie Hudson); Best Publishing Company; 2016; ISBN 978-1-9305-3686-9.
SHIPWRECKS OF THE GREEK SEAS: DIVE INTO THEIR HISTORY by Kostas Thoctarides & Aris Bilalis (with Michail Michailakis & George Karelas); Aikaterini Laskarides Foundation; 2015; ISBN 978-960-99142-9-1.
TITANIC & HER SISTERS OLYMPIC AND BRITANNIC by Tom McCluskie/Michael Sharpe/Leo Mariott; Thunder Bay Press;1999;ISBN 1571451757.
TITANIC SURVIVOR: THE MEMOIRS OF VIOLET JESSOP, STEWARDESS by Violet Jessop (edited by John-Maxtone Graham); Sheridan House; 1998; ISBN 1574090356.
THE EDWARDIAN SUPERLINERS: A TRIO OF TRIOS by J. Kent Layton; Amberley; 2012; ISBN 1848688350.
OLYMPIC & TITANIC: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE CONSPIRACY by Steve Hall and Bruce Beveridge; Infinity Publishing; 2004; ISBN 0741419491.
TITANIC: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY by Don Lynch (text) and Ken Marschall (illustrations); Hodder & Stoughton; 1997; ISBN 0340562714.
HMHS BRITANNIC, THE LAST TITAN by Simon Mills; Shipping Books Press; 1996; 2nd Ed; ISBN 1900867001.
THE OLYMPIC CLASS SHIPS: OLYMPIC-TITANIC-BRITANNIC by Mark Chirnside; The History Press; 2011; 2nd Ed; ISBN 0752458957.
OLYMPIC,TITANIC,BRITANNIC: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC CLASS SHIPS by Mark Chirnside; The History Press; 2012; ISBN 0752453106.
THE LAST VOYAGE OF HIS MAJESTY'S HOSPITAL SHIP BRITANNIC by Rev. John A. Fleming (add.notes by Simon Mills); Wordsmith Publications; 1998; ISBN 1-899493-02-6.
THE UNSEEN BRITANNIC by Simon Mills; The History Press; 2014; ISBN 978-0-7524-9771-6.
MYSTERY OF THE LAST OLYMPIAN by Richie Kohler (with Charlie Hudson); Best Publishing Company; 2016; ISBN 978-1-9305-3686-9.
SHIPWRECKS OF THE GREEK SEAS: DIVE INTO THEIR HISTORY by Kostas Thoctarides & Aris Bilalis (with Michail Michailakis & George Karelas); Aikaterini Laskarides Foundation; 2015; ISBN 978-960-99142-9-1.
TITANIC & HER SISTERS OLYMPIC AND BRITANNIC by Tom McCluskie/Michael Sharpe/Leo Mariott; Thunder Bay Press;1999;ISBN 1571451757.
TITANIC SURVIVOR: THE MEMOIRS OF VIOLET JESSOP, STEWARDESS by Violet Jessop (edited by John-Maxtone Graham); Sheridan House; 1998; ISBN 1574090356.
THE EDWARDIAN SUPERLINERS: A TRIO OF TRIOS by J. Kent Layton; Amberley; 2012; ISBN 1848688350.
OLYMPIC & TITANIC: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE CONSPIRACY by Steve Hall and Bruce Beveridge; Infinity Publishing; 2004; ISBN 0741419491.
TITANIC: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY by Don Lynch (text) and Ken Marschall (illustrations); Hodder & Stoughton; 1997; ISBN 0340562714.
Journals
THE TITANIC COMMUTATOR (TITANIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
Vol.15; No.3; 1991
-The Britannic Saga, Part III: The liner in service (John Hauschild).
-The Britannic Saga, Part IV: The final journey of the Britannic (account of Fourth Officer).
-The Britannic Saga , Part V: The Britannic revisited, A Journey to the Aegean (William H.Tantum IV).
-The Britannic Saga, Epilogue: Britannic survivor Sheila Macbeth Mitchell returns (personal material donated to the THS).
Vol.23; No.146; 1999
-Britannic Four Years On, Part I (Simon Mills).
Vol.23; No.147; 1999
-Britannic Four Years On, Part II (Simon Mills).
Vol.27; No.161; 2003
-Making waves on the subject of retrieval or raising Britannic (Simon Mills).
Vol.26; No.160; 2002
-To Hell and Back: Britannic’s maiden voyage (Simon Mills).
Vol.28; No.167; 2004
-A retrospective look at the 2003 expedition (Simon Mills).
Vol.32; No.184; 2008
-On the trail of Britannic’s organ (Simon Mills).
Vol.33; No.186; 2009
-The Odyssey of Sergeant William Sharpe (Simon Mills).
Vol.33; No.188; 2009
-The Riddle of Elizabeth Ann Dowse (Simon Mills).
VOYAGE (TITANIC INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY)
No.59; Spring 2007
-Account of Ada Garland (VAD), transcript of a Sheila Macbeth Mitchell (VAD) audio interview to Charlie Haas.
-Simon Mills Interview (to Mike Poirier).
No.58; Spring 2007
-Account of Britannic’s launch (from Railway & Travel Monthly, April 1914).
-What’s in a name? (information regarding the ship’s name by John P.Eaton).
-Account of Corporal J. Waugh (RAMC).
-Accounts of Britannic’s sea scouts McKenzie, Perman, Cooke, Bowles, Pope.
-Account by C.H.Beaumont (surgeon, White Star Line).
-Account by Winifred Greenwood (QAIMNS).
-Official report by Rear Admiral Arthur Hayes-Sadler.
-Official report by Hugh Heard and George Staer.
-Official report by Captain Charles A. Bartlett.
-New York Times article about the nurses of the Britannic (Nov.24,1916).
RAILWAY & TRAVEL MONTHLY
Scans of 9 pages from the April 1914 issue (No.48,Vol.8) regarding Britannic's launch.
Vol.15; No.3; 1991
-The Britannic Saga, Part III: The liner in service (John Hauschild).
-The Britannic Saga, Part IV: The final journey of the Britannic (account of Fourth Officer).
-The Britannic Saga , Part V: The Britannic revisited, A Journey to the Aegean (William H.Tantum IV).
-The Britannic Saga, Epilogue: Britannic survivor Sheila Macbeth Mitchell returns (personal material donated to the THS).
Vol.23; No.146; 1999
-Britannic Four Years On, Part I (Simon Mills).
Vol.23; No.147; 1999
-Britannic Four Years On, Part II (Simon Mills).
Vol.27; No.161; 2003
-Making waves on the subject of retrieval or raising Britannic (Simon Mills).
Vol.26; No.160; 2002
-To Hell and Back: Britannic’s maiden voyage (Simon Mills).
Vol.28; No.167; 2004
-A retrospective look at the 2003 expedition (Simon Mills).
Vol.32; No.184; 2008
-On the trail of Britannic’s organ (Simon Mills).
Vol.33; No.186; 2009
-The Odyssey of Sergeant William Sharpe (Simon Mills).
Vol.33; No.188; 2009
-The Riddle of Elizabeth Ann Dowse (Simon Mills).
VOYAGE (TITANIC INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY)
No.59; Spring 2007
-Account of Ada Garland (VAD), transcript of a Sheila Macbeth Mitchell (VAD) audio interview to Charlie Haas.
-Simon Mills Interview (to Mike Poirier).
No.58; Spring 2007
-Account of Britannic’s launch (from Railway & Travel Monthly, April 1914).
-What’s in a name? (information regarding the ship’s name by John P.Eaton).
-Account of Corporal J. Waugh (RAMC).
-Accounts of Britannic’s sea scouts McKenzie, Perman, Cooke, Bowles, Pope.
-Account by C.H.Beaumont (surgeon, White Star Line).
-Account by Winifred Greenwood (QAIMNS).
-Official report by Rear Admiral Arthur Hayes-Sadler.
-Official report by Hugh Heard and George Staer.
-Official report by Captain Charles A. Bartlett.
-New York Times article about the nurses of the Britannic (Nov.24,1916).
RAILWAY & TRAVEL MONTHLY
Scans of 9 pages from the April 1914 issue (No.48,Vol.8) regarding Britannic's launch.
DIVER MAGAZINE http://www.divernet.com/
- February 1998: Article by Kevin Gurr regarding the 1997 Britannic expedition.
ADVANCED DIVER MAGAZINE http://www.advanceddivermagazine.com/
- Issue 12 (unknown year): "Diving Titanic's Forgotten Sister:Project Britannic 1997) by Kevin Denlay
- February 1998: Article by Kevin Gurr regarding the 1997 Britannic expedition.
ADVANCED DIVER MAGAZINE http://www.advanceddivermagazine.com/
- Issue 12 (unknown year): "Diving Titanic's Forgotten Sister:Project Britannic 1997) by Kevin Denlay
Video
The Cousteau Odyssey: Calypso's Search for the Britannic (VHS/DVD; Warner Bros Video; 1986)
Titanic's Lost Sister (VHS/NTSC; NOVA/WGBH; 1997)
Titanic's Sister: HMHS Britannic (VHS/NTSC; Periscope Publishing Ltd; 2001)
Titanic's Lost Sister (VHS/NTSC; NOVA/WGBH; 1997)
Titanic's Sister: HMHS Britannic (VHS/NTSC; Periscope Publishing Ltd; 2001)
Archives
The Imperial War Museum (London, Lambeth Road, SE1 6HZ, United Kingdom)
[Info provided by archivist Amanda Mason]
Greenwood Miss W [87/33/1]: Photocopy of a ts. transcript (13pp) of an account covering her service in the QAIMNS at Dartford War Hospital, May-October1916, where she nursed mainly sick German prisoners and internees and in HMS BRITANNIC with details of her visits to Naples and of her rescue by HMS SCOURGE when her ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean in November.
Turnbull M E [Misc 148 (2324)]: Soldier's Pay Book for Use on Active Service (AB 64) issued in December 1916 at Malta as a replacement to Nurse M E Turnbull after her original AB 64 was lost in the sinking of the hospital ship BRITANNIC in November 1916, together with an ms letter (1p, November 1916) from Greece announcing her safe arrival there, a telegram from Malta (December 1916) reporting her homeward journey as slow, a hand tinted photograph of the BRITANNIC, two copies of the Daily Mail (23 & 24 November 1916) and one copy of the Weekly Despatch (26 November 1916) reporting the sinking, a number of other newspaper cuttings, a painting of the hospital ship AQUITANIA and a postcard showing the hopital ship VALDIVIA.
Goodwin W A [Con Shelf]: One postcard and 16 ms letters (July 1915 - January 1916) written to his family whilst serving in the 1/11th Battalion London Regiment (162nd Brigade, 54th Division) during his voyage in the AQUITANIA to Lemnos, his service at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli (July - October 1915) until evacuated sick to the Red Cross Hospital in Giza, Egypt (November - Decmber 1915) and then his return in the hospital ship BRITANNIC to the 3rd Western General Hospital in Cardiff in January 1916, together with an ms (9pp) and ts (4pp) transcript of a diary giving brief daily details of his service, July - October 1915 including the attack on Kidney Hill (15 August), 6 ms letters (November 1915) to him from his family giving details of parcels and general war news, his certificates of disembodiment (AF Z21) and employment (AF Z18) on demobilization from the Labour Corps in March 1919, a printed card of thanks from the Regimental Paymaster of the Labour Corps and 4 photographs.
Anderson Lieutenant-Colonel H. S. CMG [90/37/1]: Ts report (5pp), with one ms addition, submitted in December 1916 in his capacity as OC Troops in the hospital ship BRITANNIC at the time of her sinking in the Aegean on 21 November 1916 and principally describing the actions of the RAMC personnel on board the ship after she was mined and the rescue and treatment of the survivors by ships of the Royal Navy and Allied service establishments in Athens.
Atkinson R E [95/1/1]: Ts transcription (49pp) of a diary, April 1915 - May 1916, kept while serving as a regular soldier in the 29th Divisional Cyclist Company principally at Gallipoli, giving from his position behind the lines useful observations of the main stages of the campaign including the preparations in Egypt and Lemnos, the landing at Helles, the fighting there and his work on fatigue parties notably on 1 July building a platform on Gully Beach for an execution (April - August), his move to Suvla Bay for the battle on 21 August, the arrival of the Newfoundland Regiment and the onset of debilitating sickness which resulted in his evacuation (August - October), before giving an account of his hospitalisation in Cairo at the Citadel Hospital and an unnamed convalescent home (October - December), his return to Lemnos to embark in the hospital ship BRITANNIC, the fast voyage back to the United Kingdom and his treatment in Southwark Military Hospital in south London where he was operated on for varicose veins (January - May 1916), together with a photograph of him.
Bowles Miss A [79/31/1]: Ms diary (47pp) of her service as a nurse on the Balkan Front, October 1916 - May 1917, covering her voyage to Salonika in HMS BRITANNIC, the appalling conditions at 20th Stationary Hospital which were exacerbated in 1917 by frequent air raids, and the fire which nearly destroyed the hospital; together with ms copies of her early entries and a photograph of one of her boyfriends with his demobilisation account and certificate.
Garland Miss A [77/57/1]: Ts transcription of a short narrative and a 1916 diary describing her experiences as a VAD at a military hospital at Herne Bay, Kent, and then her three voyages in the hospital ship BRITANNIC, which was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean in November 1916.
Moor Mrs E B [98/9/1]: Excellent ts diary account (33pp) covering her service with the QAIMNS in Salonika, October 1916 - May 1917, and her voyage to Italy in November 1918, containing intelligent and detailed descriptions of her voyage out aboard the hospital ship BRITANNIC, arrival at the 43rd General Hospital and living conditions there, the problems of working in the Macedonian climate, her nursing duties, the constant air raids by German aircraft and precautions taken against them, and the stalemate against the Bulgars broken only by a disastrous British offensive in April 1917; together with 2 ts letters regarding her demobilisation in 1920, an ms chronology (1p) of her service, four photographs including an amusing one depicting some of her patients, and her identity discs and Salonika Reunion Association brooch.
Barber Miss E: Ms diary (118pp) kept during her service as a Sister in the 2nd London VAD unit (23 September 1916 - 24 September 1917) and covering her passage on the hospital ship Britannic from Southampton to Mudros on the island of Lemnos and then on the Galeka, another hospital ship, to Malta and her service there at St George's Hospital, with descriptions of the outward voyage and her return across Europe by train, the layout and facilities on the Britannic and the Galeka, her impressions of Mudros harbour, the arrival in Malta of VAD survivors of the loss of the Britannic, (21 November 1916) sightseeing in Naples, in Malta and in Gozo.
[Info provided by archivist Amanda Mason]
Greenwood Miss W [87/33/1]: Photocopy of a ts. transcript (13pp) of an account covering her service in the QAIMNS at Dartford War Hospital, May-October1916, where she nursed mainly sick German prisoners and internees and in HMS BRITANNIC with details of her visits to Naples and of her rescue by HMS SCOURGE when her ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean in November.
Turnbull M E [Misc 148 (2324)]: Soldier's Pay Book for Use on Active Service (AB 64) issued in December 1916 at Malta as a replacement to Nurse M E Turnbull after her original AB 64 was lost in the sinking of the hospital ship BRITANNIC in November 1916, together with an ms letter (1p, November 1916) from Greece announcing her safe arrival there, a telegram from Malta (December 1916) reporting her homeward journey as slow, a hand tinted photograph of the BRITANNIC, two copies of the Daily Mail (23 & 24 November 1916) and one copy of the Weekly Despatch (26 November 1916) reporting the sinking, a number of other newspaper cuttings, a painting of the hospital ship AQUITANIA and a postcard showing the hopital ship VALDIVIA.
Goodwin W A [Con Shelf]: One postcard and 16 ms letters (July 1915 - January 1916) written to his family whilst serving in the 1/11th Battalion London Regiment (162nd Brigade, 54th Division) during his voyage in the AQUITANIA to Lemnos, his service at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli (July - October 1915) until evacuated sick to the Red Cross Hospital in Giza, Egypt (November - Decmber 1915) and then his return in the hospital ship BRITANNIC to the 3rd Western General Hospital in Cardiff in January 1916, together with an ms (9pp) and ts (4pp) transcript of a diary giving brief daily details of his service, July - October 1915 including the attack on Kidney Hill (15 August), 6 ms letters (November 1915) to him from his family giving details of parcels and general war news, his certificates of disembodiment (AF Z21) and employment (AF Z18) on demobilization from the Labour Corps in March 1919, a printed card of thanks from the Regimental Paymaster of the Labour Corps and 4 photographs.
Anderson Lieutenant-Colonel H. S. CMG [90/37/1]: Ts report (5pp), with one ms addition, submitted in December 1916 in his capacity as OC Troops in the hospital ship BRITANNIC at the time of her sinking in the Aegean on 21 November 1916 and principally describing the actions of the RAMC personnel on board the ship after she was mined and the rescue and treatment of the survivors by ships of the Royal Navy and Allied service establishments in Athens.
Atkinson R E [95/1/1]: Ts transcription (49pp) of a diary, April 1915 - May 1916, kept while serving as a regular soldier in the 29th Divisional Cyclist Company principally at Gallipoli, giving from his position behind the lines useful observations of the main stages of the campaign including the preparations in Egypt and Lemnos, the landing at Helles, the fighting there and his work on fatigue parties notably on 1 July building a platform on Gully Beach for an execution (April - August), his move to Suvla Bay for the battle on 21 August, the arrival of the Newfoundland Regiment and the onset of debilitating sickness which resulted in his evacuation (August - October), before giving an account of his hospitalisation in Cairo at the Citadel Hospital and an unnamed convalescent home (October - December), his return to Lemnos to embark in the hospital ship BRITANNIC, the fast voyage back to the United Kingdom and his treatment in Southwark Military Hospital in south London where he was operated on for varicose veins (January - May 1916), together with a photograph of him.
Bowles Miss A [79/31/1]: Ms diary (47pp) of her service as a nurse on the Balkan Front, October 1916 - May 1917, covering her voyage to Salonika in HMS BRITANNIC, the appalling conditions at 20th Stationary Hospital which were exacerbated in 1917 by frequent air raids, and the fire which nearly destroyed the hospital; together with ms copies of her early entries and a photograph of one of her boyfriends with his demobilisation account and certificate.
Garland Miss A [77/57/1]: Ts transcription of a short narrative and a 1916 diary describing her experiences as a VAD at a military hospital at Herne Bay, Kent, and then her three voyages in the hospital ship BRITANNIC, which was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean in November 1916.
Moor Mrs E B [98/9/1]: Excellent ts diary account (33pp) covering her service with the QAIMNS in Salonika, October 1916 - May 1917, and her voyage to Italy in November 1918, containing intelligent and detailed descriptions of her voyage out aboard the hospital ship BRITANNIC, arrival at the 43rd General Hospital and living conditions there, the problems of working in the Macedonian climate, her nursing duties, the constant air raids by German aircraft and precautions taken against them, and the stalemate against the Bulgars broken only by a disastrous British offensive in April 1917; together with 2 ts letters regarding her demobilisation in 1920, an ms chronology (1p) of her service, four photographs including an amusing one depicting some of her patients, and her identity discs and Salonika Reunion Association brooch.
Barber Miss E: Ms diary (118pp) kept during her service as a Sister in the 2nd London VAD unit (23 September 1916 - 24 September 1917) and covering her passage on the hospital ship Britannic from Southampton to Mudros on the island of Lemnos and then on the Galeka, another hospital ship, to Malta and her service there at St George's Hospital, with descriptions of the outward voyage and her return across Europe by train, the layout and facilities on the Britannic and the Galeka, her impressions of Mudros harbour, the arrival in Malta of VAD survivors of the loss of the Britannic, (21 November 1916) sightseeing in Naples, in Malta and in Gozo.
Websites
TITANIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY http://www.titanic1.org
TITANIC INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY http://titanicinternationalsociety.org
TITANIC RESEARCH & MODELING ASSOCIATION http://www.titanic-model.com
ENCYCLOPEDIA TITANICA http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org
LOST LINERS http://www.lostliners.com
THE GREAT OCEAN LINERS http://www.thegreatoceanliners.com
ATLANTIC LINERS http://www.atlanticliners.com
MARK CHIRNSIDE'S RECEPTION ROOM www.markchirnside.co.uk
PBS ONLINE - LOST LINERS http://www.pbs.org/lostliners/britannic.html
THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVE COMISSION http://www.cwgc.org
MARCONIGRAPH http://www.marconigraph.com
R.A.M.C. IN THE GREAT WAR http://www.ramc-ww1.com
HISTORY OF THE COUSTEAU EXPEDITIONS http://www.passion-calypso.com (French)
OCEAN DISCOVERY http://www.ocean-discovery.org/britannic.htm
HMHS BRITANNIC 1998 (Archived)
GLOBAL UNDERWATER EXPLORERS http://www.globalunderwaterexplorers.org
AQUATEC TECHNICAL DIVING http://aquatec.gr/
RICHIE KOHLER'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE http://www.richiekohler.com/
U-BOAT MALTA http://u-boat.com.mt/
GREAT WAR FORUM greatwarforum.org
A TIMELINE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST PASSENGER SHIPS 1831 - PRESENT www.hmy.com/timeline-worlds-largest-passenger-ships
