SS Justicia was a British troop ship that was launched in Ireland in 1914 and sunk off County Donegal in 1918. She was designed and launched as the transatlantic liner Statendam, a new flagship for th
Postcard that NASM published for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition, with an artist's impression of how Statendam would look when completed
Study by the artist WL Wyllie of the tug Sonia trying to tow Justicia to Lough Swilly
MS Volendam, Fremantle, 2012
HMHS Britannic was the third and final vessel of the White Star Line's Olympic class of ocean liners and the second White Star ship to bear the name Britannic. She was the younger sister of RMS Olympi
SS Justicia
…As it was, Justicia became the second largest ship sunk by enemy action in the First World War. The only one larger than Justicia was the 48,148 GRT HMHS Britannic. Justicia shared the same combined propulsion system as several other H&W liners of her era including Laurentic and Belgenland…
His Majesty's Hospital Ship (HMHS) Britannic
A postcard, after a painting by Charles Dixon, showing Britannic at sea in her original White Star livery
The Arrol Gantry towering above Britannic, circa 1914
One of Britannic's funnels being transported to Harland & Wolff shipyards