History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
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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 …
Today, 7 May 2021, we remember the lives of those lost on this day 106 years ago when the German submarine U-20 torpedoed the RMS Lusitania off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland. Almost 1,200 lives were lost that day, devastating families who lost loved ones, and changing the course of history. Our annual get …
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Greetings friends! TODAY (18 April 2021) at 7 pm Greenwich Mean Time, 3 pm Eastern Daylight Time, and noon Pacific Daylight Time there is a fundraiser for the Lusitania Museum, and you can sign up and join the Zoom fundraiser at this link: https://www.facebook.com/events/525660515493981/ This is the GoFundMe for today’s fundraiser: https://gofund.me/4eeb86d5 All who donate …
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