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The Britannic was an ocean liner requisitioned as a hospital ship in World War I.

The ship was heading toward the Greek island of Lemnos when it struck a mine and sank in the Aegean Sea on Nov. 21, 1916.

ATHENS, Greece — Divers have recovered artifacts from the Titanic’s sister ship, the Britannic, for the first time since the ocean liner sank in the Aegean Sea more than a century ago after striking a mine during World War I.

The Culture Ministry in Greece said this week that an 11-member deep-sea diving team conducted a weeklong operation in May to recover artifacts including the ship’s bell and the port-side navigation light.

The White Star Line’s Britannic, launched in 1914,

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