History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
The sinking of the RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915 was not the end of the story. The survivors, after disembarking from their rescue vessels, were taken in by an unprepared but unreservedly generous people of Queenstown (now Cobh) Many of the survivors were taken to the Rob Roy Hotel or Queen’s Hotel (the latter …
Lusitania flowers at the wreck site, presented by Richard Woods (son of Nancy Wickings-Smith) Friday, 7 May 1915: The RMS Lusitania is torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 at 2:10 pm and sinks to the bottom of the sea at 2:28 pm, off the south coast of Ireland. Of the estimated 1,962 passengers and crew …
Wednesday, 6 May 2015 – 100 years later: All day today at University College Cork, the alma mater of Lusitania surgeon Dr. James McDermott, was the Lusitania lecture series that took place at the Boole I Theater. One of The Lusitania Resource‘s own administrators and contributors, historian Peter Kelly, presented a selection of stories of …
Lusitania in New York. Alexei Monreal collection. Perhaps it is fitting that this website’s 100th post should fall on the 100th anniversary of the Lusitania‘s last voyage. One hundred years ago today, the RMS Lusitania sailed out of New York Harbor and into the history books. Seven days later, on 7 May 1915, she would …
Armenian majorities in the Ottoman Empire are shown in teal in the center of the map. From Wikimedia Commons. 24 April 2015 marks the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, where an estimated 800,000 to 1.5 million Armenians were killed under Ottoman rule. I don’t claim to be an expert in this field, so I’ll leave the …
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The long-awaited Volume 2 of Lusitania: An Illustrated Biography is now available for purchase! This several-years-long labor of love is now available for all to read, having been released on 17 April 2025. One of our website’s frequent contributors, Michael Poirier, is a contributing author, and this is very exciting news! Please head over to the book’s …
The 110th Lusitania sinking anniversary is approaching, and I wanted to provide information for anyone who may be thinking of attending events in either Liverpool or Kinsale. The details are as follows: Liverpool Commemoration 2025 Wednesday, 7 May 2025 1:55 pm Museum of Liverpool Pier Head, Liverpool, United Kingdom, L3 1DG We will meet by …
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Today marks the 65th anniversary of the sinking of the Italian liner Andrea Doria, and D/V Tenacious is livestreaming a commemoration of the sinking over Facebook that you can watch embedded here. Not among the largest or fastest, Andrea Doria was one of the most beautiful. Named after the 16th-century Genovese Admiral Andrea Doria, the …
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On this day 115 years ago, 7 June 1907, the RMS Lusitania left her slip at John Brown and Co., Clydebank, Scotland, to be outfitted to become the revolutionary, luxurious, historical, and tragic ship that she turned out to be. Christened by Mary, Lady Inverclyde, Lusitania launched at 12:30 p.m. that day, with 600 invited …
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