History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…usitania to slide and float. A new kind of shipbuilding Instead of the traditional method of shipbuilding where construction starts at both ends and meets in the middle, Lusitania’s construction started at the bow and moved towards the stern. The reason for this was actually because the plans for Lusitania’s engines and stern had not yet been finalized. Lusitania’s turbine engine rotors were built on site. The casings and shafts, however, were…
…he Formby lifeboat from 1862 to 1885, and his father John held the same position until 1918 when the lifeboat station there closed. Charles had also been second coxswain of the lifeboat. The Aindows were a family of fishermen, and the censuses of 1901 and 1911 note that Charlie was also a fisherman at that time. For many years he worked at Liverpool Docks for Messrs John Glynn and Company, before joining Cunard in 1914. Lusitania On 12 April 1915…
…nked the city of Cobh with a plaque for all that its people did to aid and comfort the survivors. We also had brief speeches by the curator of the Cobh Museum and myself about the importance of continuing to remember those who were on board Lusitania 100 years ago. I was fortunate to dine with the families of Herbert Ehrhardt, Patrick Hanley, and May Barrett. While I have more pictures and video, I’d like to get the consent of the people photograp…
…h-Jones and her two children, Ailsa and Percival, as well as Norah Bretherton and her two children, Betty and Paul. Helen survived the Lusitania disaster and escaped the ship in lifeboat 13, which was picked up by the government boat Stormcock. Life Edith Helen West was born about 1879 in Manchester (or thereabouts) to William and Mary Jane West (née Morgan). William was a high bailiff crown court born about 1843 in Manchester, and Mary was born a…
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