History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…d short stories; reading novels, history books, encyclopedias, etc. In addition to history, I also enjoy reading about archaeology, astronomy, architecture, paleontology, and geology. I also enjoy painting, drawing, and movies. I’ve painted a few ship pictures, you can see them here on my deviantART profile. As I’m a big history buff of sorts, I’m a sucker for epic movies like Gone with the Wind, Doctor Zhivago, and of course, Titanic. I mus…
…invited to hold a minute’s silence at 2:10pm British Summer Time as is traditionally done at the service. https://www.facebook.com/merseysidemaritimemuseum/posts/10159808443873677 Old Head of Kinsale Signal Tower Usually, the Old Head of Kinsale Signal Tower commemorates the Lusitania sinking every 7th of May; this year they are making a video that will be shared online due to the pandemic. At about 2pm Irish Standard Time, the time at which the L…
…retired. But with war breaking out in September 1939, Aquitania was requisitioned as a troop transport on 21 November 1939, capable of transporting 7,724 servicemen. At first she transported Canadian troops. John Maxtone-Graham’s Liners to the Sun recounts an amusing anedote from Aquitania‘s first World War II crossing back to England. As Aquitania‘s contemporaries had been scrapped by the beginning of the war, Aquitania was the only four-funnel…
…veney T.D. 1:50 pm Speakers and platform party assemble. 2:00 pm Introduction and welcome by Raymond White, Master of Ceremonies. 2:00 pm Courtmacsherry Lifeboat over Lusitania wreck site; Courtmacsherry 1915 replica lifeboat at the Old Head Signal Tower. 2:10 pm Minute silence 2:11 pm Ecumenical prayer service followed by laying of wreaths at the monument 2:20 pm Lament especially composed by Linda & Irene Buckley 2.25 pm Last post on bugle 2:28…
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