"HOSPITAL SHIP 'BRITTANIC' : THE LARGEST BRITISH LINER, SUNK BY THE GERMANS. The launch of the 48,000 ton ship at Belfast". Flashback shots of the launching of the ship in 1914 at Belfast. High angle shot of shipyard and the bow of the ship. Ship starts to slide down the launch platform. Full frontal of the bow sliding down the platform. High angle shot of the now empty platform.