BRITANNIC ( 1ST ) / HELLENIC / HM TRANSPORT N0.62

BUILT IN 1874 BY HARLAND AND WOLFF IN BELFAST. THIS VESSEL WAS ON THE STOCKS AS 'HELLENIC', BUT SHE WAS RE-NAMED 'BRITANNIC' BEFORE SHE WAS LAUNCHED.  SHE WAS USED AS A TROOPSHIP IN 1899 ( BOER WAR ) AND WAS KNOWN AS 'HM TRANSPORT NO.62'. SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN HAMBURG IN 1903.