At 08:12 am on 21 November 1916, HMHS "Britannic" struck a mine at , and sank. Survivors numbered 1,036, and 30 men lost their lives in the disaster. One survivor, nurse Violet Jessop was notable as having also previously survived the sinking of "Titanic" in 1912, and had also been on board "Olympic", at the time when it collided with HMS "Hawke" in 1911. "Britannic" was the largest ship lost during World War I, but her sinking did not receive the same attention as the sinking of her sister ship, or the sinking of the Cunard liner , when she was sunk by a torpedo in the Irish Sea.