Who designed Britannic as a hospital ship?
The 3 “Olympic” class vessels (Olympic,Titanic,Britannic) took life from the pencils of the designers of Harland & Wolff.The managing director of the Design Department was Thomas Andrews Jr. who reported directly to Alexander M. Carlisle,the shipyard managing director.Another key figure was Edward Wilding who was Andrews’ deputy and responsible for design calculations.Eventually,it was Thomas Andrews who assumed the responsibility for the design improvements on Titanic and Britannic until his death during Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912.Edward Wilding was dismissed soon after the tragedy. These were the people responsible for the design of the Britannic.The Design Department made the appropriate changes based on their plans during the conversion of Britannic to a hospital ship.However,I don’t have information on who was responsible of the Design Department during that period.
