Virtual commemorations for #Lusitania sinking anniversary 105 #Lusitania105 #RMSLusitania

…e reason I was having trouble embedding this, too) Site updates for 7 May 2020: Just a few light updates here and there, mostly. I updated the forums and registration/login so that they are actually functional now. There are also some new additions to the site as well, italics indicate survivor. New accounts: William Rose, Second Waiter New images: Annie Elliott Arthur Elliott Albert Bilicke Gladys Bilicke Lindon Bates Mary Hammond Charles Hill Vi…

Design and Construction

…Star’s Olympic and Titanic were larger than Lusitania and Mauretania by 15,000 gross tons.  Even though the Cunard sisters were faster ships, the White Star ships were regarded as more luxurious.  Cunard needed a third ship to make a weekly transatlantic express service possible, and decided that the company’s third liner would follow in White Star’s steps and focus on size and luxury instead of speed. That ship would be Aquitania. In the Cunard t…

Prewar Years

…der to use the new port. Captain John T. Pritchard retired at the end of 1909 and Captain William Thomas Turner became Mauretania’s new captain. Mauretania between 1907-1910. Detroit Publishing Company photograph collection (Library of Congress). Library of Congress Control Number 2016806527 In December 1910, Mauretania was in Liverpool when she broke free from her moorings on the River Mersey.  She sustained some damage that caused the cancellati…

Miss Evelyn Norbury Wild

…d from the dining room was already at the stairs.  Seeing that there were 200 or so passengers trying to ascend the stairs to the boat deck, Agnes said to Evelyn, “Evelyn, keep quiet; we will go the back way.” The sisters took the stairs farther astern up to C deck and joined the main staircase again to reach the boat deck.  Evelyn noted that not very many people who had struggled on the main staircase the deck below were coming with them.  When t…

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