How many lifeboats did Britannic have?
As a hospital ship, Britannic carried 42 open lifeboats and 16 collapsibles taking the total up to 56 liferboats.28 open lifeboats were held by the gantry davits (two of those lifeboats were motorized) and the rest 14 were held in normal Wellin davits. There was a collapsible boat under each Wellin-mounted boat. Had she been completed, she would have carried 48 open lifeboats(two motorized), all of which would have been held by gantry davits. During her war service, she had 5 sets of gantry davits fitted (1 on the starboard side of the bridge and 4 around the fourth funnel).As a passenger liner, she would have had 8 sets in total (2 around the bridge, 4 around the fourth funnel and 2 on the shade deck). There would have been no Wellin davits on the finished ship.
