Britannic: Artefacts recovered from Titanic's sunk sister ship

Items retrieved from the wreck of HMHS Britannic in the Aegean include a bell and binoculars, Greece says.

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The operation was carried out in May but only made public on Monday, when the culture ministry released details of the finds.

An 11-member team of professional deep-sea divers with closed-circuit equipment conducted the recovery, organised by British historian Simon Mills, founder of the Britannic Foundation.

Among items retrieved and lifted with air bags were the ship's lookout bell, a portside navigation lamp, binoculars, ceramic tiles from Turkish baths, and equipment from first- and second-class cabins.

The artefacts were secured in containers and immediately cleaned of marine organisms.