Timeline (The Great White Lady)

November

 * After a close call, the H.M.H.S. Britannic survives a near devastating collision with a German naval mine during World War I. The ship is carefully towed to Athens by a British Destroyer for temporary repairs.

December

 * Temporary repairs are completed on Britannic, and the ship heads at full speed towards Belfast for permanent repairs.


 * Shipwrights in Belfast discover that the Britannic would have sunk had any of its portholes been open when it collided with the mine. Preparations are made to refit the Britannic to withstand any similar events.


 * Britannic's sister ship, Olympic, is ordered to undergo the same refit as Britannic in Belfast.

1917

 * Britannic re-emerges from Belfast with a concrete reinforced double hull and extra gantry lifeboat davits. Due to the American entry into World War I, Britannic is now a troop transport which carry American troops between New York and Europe.


 * Olympic's similar refit is completed two months after Britannic is repaired. It has also been fitted with gantry davits and is also sent to transport American troops to Europe.


 * Britannic is torpedoed by a German U-boat in the English Channel. Due to its refit, the ship suffers little damage and is quickly repaired in Southampton.


 * After an encounter with two U-Boats, Olympic rams both U-boats and sinks them. This makes Olympic the only merchant ship in World War I to sink an enemy submarine just like the OLT.

1918

 * White Star Line, the operators of both Olympic and Britannic, are given the operation of the troop transport Justicia. The ship is nearly sunk by enemy U-boats, but survives the ordeal and operates alongside Britannic and Titanic.


 * World War I officially ends with the signing of the treaty of Versailles. Britannic and Olympic will continue troop transport duties to bring American soldiers home.

1919

 * Britannic and Justicia complete their troop transport duties and are sent to Belfast to be refit to their original standards as Ocean Liners.


 * Olympic completes its wartime duties two months later and heads to Belfast to be refit alongside Britannic and Justicia.


 * To keep up White Star Line tradition, the Justicia is renamed the Homeric.

1920

 * The Cunard Line is able to place their large four-stackers, Aquitania and Mauretania back into Transatlantic service two months ahead of Britannic, Olympic and Homeric. Threatened, White Star hastens the refit of Britannic and Homeric.


 * Britannic finishes its refit one month ahead of schedule, but keeps most of its white painted hull intact, which will later earn her the name of "The Great White Lady".


 * Homeric is finished three weeks after Britannic. The latter has been placed into Transatlantic operations for the first time and is an instant success thanks to it's over-luxurious accommodations and reliability.