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New today at The Lusitania Resource: Prichard letters items 233 – 243. New biographies: Charles Aindow, Night Watchman, Victualling Crew James Joseph Black, Saloon Harry Robinson Frost, 2nd Cabin UPDATE: further new biographies today: Frederick Deiner, First Waiter, Victualling Crew Harry Allport, Saloon Steward, Victualling Crew Lifeboats: Attempting to place survivors in lifeboats according to …

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A new section is going up on the site, The Prichard Letters.  More letters will be added to the website as they are transcribed. Second cabin passenger Richard Preston Prichard was lost in the Lusitania disaster. Richard’s brother Mostyn went to to Queenstown to look for his body but did not find his body. Subsequently, …

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7 June is the 106th launching anniversary of the Lusitania. Read more about her construction and launch. For today, I had intended to upload some photos of a Lusitania model on display aboard the Queen Mary. Unfortunately, due to dim lighting and being unable to use a flash because of the glass case around the …

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