Editing HMHS Britannic (section)

==== Final moments ====
By 08:50, most of those on board had escaped in the 35 successfully launched lifeboats. At this point, Bartlett concluded that the rate at which ''Britannic'' was sinking had slowed so he called a halt to the evacuation and ordered the engines restarted in the hope that he might still be able to beach the ship.<ref name=MC260>{{harvnb|Chirnside|2011|p=260}}.</ref> At 09:00, Bartlett was informed that the rate of flooding had increased due to the ship's forward motion and that the flooding had reached D-deck. Realising that there was now no hope of reaching land in time, Bartlett gave the final order to stop the engines and sounded two final long blasts of the whistle, the signal to abandon ship.<ref name=MC261>{{harvnb|Chirnside|2011|p=261}}.</ref> As water reached the bridge, he and Assistant Commander Dyke walked off onto the deck and entered the water, swimming to a collapsible boat from which they continued to coordinate the rescue operations.<ref>[http://www.titanic-titanic.com/britannic.shtml « ''Britannic'' »] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806070941/http://www.titanic-titanic.com/britannic.shtml|date=6 August 2009}}, ''Titanic-titanic.com''. Accessed 12 July 2009.</ref>

''Britannic'' gradually capsized to starboard, and the funnels collapsed one after the other as the ship rapidly sank. By the time the stern was out of the water, the bow had already slammed into the seabed. As ''Britannic'''s length was greater than the depth of the water, the impact caused major structural damage to the bow before she slipped completely beneath the waves at 09:07, 55 minutes after the explosion.<ref name=MC261 /> [[Violet Jessop]] (who was one of the survivors of the ''Titanic'', and had also been on board when the ''Olympic'' collided with {{HMS|Hawke|1891|6}}) described the last seconds:<ref>Gleick, Elizabeth; Carassava, Anthee (26 October 1998). "Deep Secrets". ''[[Time International]] (South Pacific Edition)''. No. 43. p. 72.</ref>

<blockquote>She dipped her head a little, then a little lower and still lower. All the deck machinery fell into the sea like a child's toys. Then she took a fearful plunge, her stern rearing hundreds of feet into the air until with a final roar, she disappeared into the depths, the noise of her going resounding through the water with undreamt-of violence....</blockquote>

When the ''Britannic'' came to rest, she became the largest ship lost in the First World War.<ref name="largest">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.pbs.org/lostliners/britannic.html
 |title        = PBS Online – Lost Liners – Britannic
 |access-date  = 9 November 2008
 |publisher    = PBS
 |url-status   = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20081014140615/http://www.pbs.org/lostliners/britannic.html
 |archive-date = 14 October 2008
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref>