Editing HMHS Britannic (section)

==== Rescue ====
[[File:Britannic's survivors.jpg|thumb|Survivors of ''Britannic'' on board {{HMS|Scourge|1910|6}}]]
[[File:Dr. John Cropper.JPG|thumb|Captain John Cropper of the RAMC, who died in the sinking<ref>{{cite web|title=CWGC record for John Cropper|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1647786/CROPPER,%20JOHN|access-date=28 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728135415/http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1647786/CROPPER,%20JOHN|archive-date=28 July 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>|alt=]]
Compared to ''Titanic'', the rescue of ''Britannic'' was facilitated by three factors: The water temperature was higher ({{convert|20|C|F|abbr=}}{{sfn|Chirnside|2011|p=262}} compared to {{convert |-2|C|F}}{{sfn|Lord|2005|p=149}} for ''Titanic''), more lifeboats were available (35 were successfully launched and stayed afloat{{sfn|Chirnside|2011|p=266}} compared to ''Titanic''{{'}}s 20{{sfn|Lord|2005|p=103}}), and help was closer (it arrived less than two hours after first distress call{{sfn|Chirnside|2011|p=266}} compared to three and a half hours for ''Titanic''{{sfn|Brewster|Coulter|1998|pp=45 and 62}}).

The first to arrive on the scene were fishermen from Kea on their [[caïque]], who picked many survivors from the water.<ref>{{harvnb|Chirnside|2011|pp=261–262}}.</ref> At 10:00, {{HMS|Scourge|1910|6}} sighted the first lifeboats and 10 minutes later stopped and picked up 339 survivors. [[Armed boarding steamer]] HMS ''Heroic'' had arrived some minutes earlier and picked up 494.<ref name=MC262>{{harvnb|Chirnside|2011|p=262}}.</ref> Some 150 had made it to [[Korissia, Kea]], where surviving doctors and nurses from ''Britannic'' were trying to save the injured, using aprons and pieces of [[Lifebuoy|lifebelts]] to make dressings. A little barren quayside served as their operating room.{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}

''Scourge'' and ''Heroic'' had no deck space for more survivors, and they left for [[Piraeus]] signalling the presence of those remaining at Korissia. {{HMS|Foxhound|1909|6}} arrived at 11:45 and, after sweeping the area, anchored in the small port at 13:00 to offer medical assistance and take on board the remaining survivors.<ref name=MC262 /> At 14:00 the light cruiser {{HMS|Foresight|1904|6}} arrived. ''Foxhound'' departed for Piraeus at 14:15 while ''Foresight'' remained to arrange the burial on Kea of RAMC Sergeant William Sharpe, who had died of his injuries. Another two survivors died on the ''Heroic'' and one on the French [[tugboat|tug]] ''Goliath''. The three were buried with military honours in the Piraeus Naval and Consular Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cemetery Details {{!}} CWGC|url=https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/36007/PIRAEUS%20NAVAL%20AND%20CONSULAR%20CEMETERY/|access-date=2021-09-26|website=www.cwgc.org|language=en}}</ref> The last fatality was G. Honeycott, who died at the Russian Hospital at Piraeus shortly after the funerals.{{citation_needed|date=August 2019}}

In total, out of the 1,066 people on board, 1,036 people survived the sinking. Thirty people lost their lives in the disaster<ref>{{harvnb|Chirnside|2011|pp=325–327}}.</ref> but only five were buried; others were not recovered and are honoured on memorials in [[Thessaloniki]] (the [[Mikra British Cemetery|Mikra Memorial]]) and London. Another 38 were injured (18 crew, 20 RAMC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hmhsbritannic.weebly.com/crew-lists.html|title=Crew Lists|work=Hospital Ship HMHS Britannic|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815084538/http://hmhsbritannic.weebly.com/crew-lists.html|archive-date=15 August 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Survivors were accommodated in the warships that were anchored at the port of Piraeus while nurses and officers were hosted in separate hotels at [[Phaleron]]. Many Greek citizens and officials attended the funerals. Survivors were sent home, and few arrived in the United Kingdom before Christmas.<ref>{{harvnb|Chirnside|2011|p=264}}.</ref>

In November 2006, ''Britannic'' researcher Michail Michailakis discovered that one of the 45 unidentified graves in the New British Cemetery in the town of [[Hermoupolis]] on the island of [[Syros]] contained the remains of a soldier collected from the church of Ag. Trias at Livadi (the former name of Korissia). Maritime historian Simon Mills contacted the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]. Further research established that this soldier was a ''Britannic'' casualty, and his remains had been registered in October 1919 as belonging to a certain "Corporal Stevens".<ref name="Mills, Simon 2009">{{cite journal|title=The Odyssey of Sergeant William Sharpe|author= Mills, Simon|journal= Titanic Commutator |volume=33|number=186|date=2009|publisher= Titanic Historical Society}}</ref>

When the remains were moved to the new cemetery at Syros in June 1921, it was found that there was no record relating this name with the loss of the ship, and the grave was registered as unidentified. Mills provided evidence that this man could be Sergeant Sharpe and the case was considered by the [[Service Personnel and Veterans Agency]].<ref name="Mills, Simon 2009"/> A new headstone for Sharpe was erected and the CWGC has updated its database.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1648073/SHARPE,%20WILLIAM |website=CWGC |title=CWGC Record for Sharpe |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142516/http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1648073/SHARPE,%20WILLIAM |archive-date=2 April 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>