History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…nia, but soon returned to Lusitania. May was a stewardess aboard Lusitania on one of the early voyages of the war, where the ship was diverted to Queenstown after a pilot boat had been torpedoed. May had been aware of rumors that Germans wanted to sink the Lusitania, but she had considered this voyage to be no different from any other. She and others had dismissed the warning as a joke. The cabins under her care were C 1 through 28, the odd number…
…the bow and two in the stern, that could carry a total of 9 torpedoes. Additionally, U-20 was equipped with a 1 x 88 mm (3.46 inch) deck gun. In 1916, she would be refitted to have an additional deck gun. U-20 had two commanders through her career. The first was Otto Dröscher, who was her commander from 1 August 1914 to 15 December 1914. Her second commander was Walther Schwieger, who was her commander from 16 December 1914 until the submarine wa…
…had moved to New York City. In May 1915, the ladies were returning to Ireland on holiday and traveling aboard Lusitania. Both Kate and May survived the Lusitania sinking. Kate was the daughter of Eugene McDonnell of 25 Prosperity Square, Cork City, Ireland. Kate had blue eyes and was 5′ 4″ tall. In April 1911, she and a friend May Barrett emigrated to the United States on the White Star Liner Majestic. Their address in New York City was 263 9th A…
…ews) was widowed and left with 4 sons to raise, Arthur was returning to UK on Lusitania and would take her two eldest sons back to Canada with him. After the Lusitania sinking, Mathews was nursed back to health, married his nurse and returned to Canada without the boys. Mathews returned to North America aboard the American Line’s St. Louis on 7 June 1915. A photo from the Bettman Archive shows him with fellow Lusitania survivors Richard Taylor, Ch…
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