History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Thanks to Mike Poirier for finding this video. For those of you on your way to Kinsale, Ireland for this year’s anniversary 101 (and I wish I were!): On Saturday, 7 May 2016 (today!) at 2pm, the Kinsale History Society is hosting its annual commemoration of the sinking of the Lusitania at the St. Multose …
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Spring greetings! Many profuse apologies on the delay in updates these past few months. The nature of my work often requires me to hustle all the time (and I mean ALL the time), so it’s not uncommon to find me working all the way up to bedtime. 😔 For those of you who have met …
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 …
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