Transatlantic Heyday

…merican troops back home.  She ran an “austerity service” between Southampton and New York in June 1919.  From November 1919 through June 1920, Aquitania was refitted for post-war service at Armstrong Whitworth & Co. in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.  Her original fittings were reinstalled.  During this refit, she was converted from coal firing to oil firing.  A worker was killed in an explosion that happened during this conversion.  After her refit, she ra…

Second Cabin (Second Class) Passenger List

…31 British Victoria, B.C., Canada   15 Wanderer (Peel 11), minesweeper   WHITCOMBE, Mr. Hugh Martin Donald Gore 25 British Havana, Cuba         WHITEHEAD, Miss Florence 41 British Boston, MA, USA E 135 13 Stormcock   WHYATT, Mrs. Aaron Taylor (Martha Ann Bussey) 60 British New Bedford, MA, USA Roommates with Phoebe Amory and Mary Higginbottom collapsible     WICKHAM, Mrs. Nina 50 British New Zealand       54 WICKINGS-SMITH, Mr. Cyril 27 British Vi…

#Lusitania Museum Fundraiser TODAY 7 pm GMT, 3 pm EDT (18 April 2021) #RMSLusitania #LusitaniaMuseum

…ifted to them by the previous owner, late Mr. Gregg Bemis in 2019 in recognition of the achievements of the work of this local community voluntary group and to continue his legacy. The museum is at an advanced stage in the design process of their planned state-of-the-art museum and needs your help to be completed. You can watch the YouTube video and visit the link to the GoFundMe page below. Hope to see you at the fundraiser, and have an excellent…

Contact

…a19151@gmail.com About Michael Poirier – contact: Lusitaniasinking@yahoo.com Also feel free to consult our Lusitania message boards for any questions you may have. The Lusitania Resource is maintained by Ren-Horng James Wang.  Any site feedback, corrections, additions, and suggestions to improve the site can be sent to lusitania1915@gmail.com (very similar email address to Peter’s).  WARNING:  response is usually slow, so research and non-site que…

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