History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
On 21 May 2020, Gregg Bemis, the owner of the Lusitania wreck, passed away at age 91 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. He was due to celebrate his 92nd birthday the following week. His ship, the Lusitania was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 in 1915, resulting in the deaths of almost 1,200 …
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On this day 113 years ago on 7 June 1907, Yard Number 367, the RMS Lusitania, slid from her berth at John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland. Christened by Mary, Lady Inverclyde, Lusitania was launched at 12:30 p.m. in a great celebration. One newspaper called the occasion “an event . . . of national …
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With the world in lockdown mode and all of us being unable to gather on site in either Liverpool, England, or at the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, the Merseyside Maritime Museum and the Old Head of Kinsale Signal Tower have made their own videos to help us remember the Lusitania disaster and all those …
Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, in-person memorial events for Lusitania’s 105th sinking anniversary in Liverpool and at the Old Head of Kinsale are cancelled. However, these events are now online, and you will be able to view them from home. Liverpool, Merseyside Maritime Museum The Merseyside Maritime Museum has uploaded a number of videos …
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