In Greece, divers retrieved valuable items from the sunken Britannica

In Greece, divers have recovered valuable items including a bell, a warning lamp, ceramic tiles and binoculars from the Titanic's twin ship, HMHS Britannic, which sank in 1916. This was announced on September 16 by the Ministry of Culture of Greece.

"Of particular interest among the found items are a ship's observation bell, a signal lamp, various items from portable equipment of the first and second class, ceramic tiles for finishing a Turkish bath <...> and a pair of binoculars," the ministry said in a Facebook message (owned by Meta, a company whose activities are recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation)..

It is specified that the items will be included in the permanent exhibition of the National Museum of Underwater Antiquities under construction in Piraeus, in the section dedicated to the First World War. It is noted that the found artifacts will become important exhibits.

According to the ministry, in the period from May 6 to May 13, 2025, it approved a research program in which it was planned to lift individual objects from a depth of more than 120 m for the first time. The attempt to ascend was made by a diving team of 11 people, specialists in the field of diving to great depths. It is also reported that closed-loop diving devices were used as part of the program.

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The Britannica crashed on November 16, 1916. The ship, converted by order of the British Admiralty into a floating hospital during the First World War, hit a German mine off the island of Kea and sank in less than an hour. Of the 1,065 people on board, 30 died. The Britannic is one of the largest ocean liners on the North Atlantic routes, it was the twin of the Titanic.

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