History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…horse breeder. His residence was listed as Hare Park on the outskirts of London, England. Brodrick-Cloete was lost in the Lusitania disaster of 7 May 1915, and his body was either not recovered or not identified. Life William Brodrick-Cloete was born in 1851 or 1852 in Cape Town, South Africa. He was the grandson of Henry Cloete, Special Commissioner of the Colony of Natal (present-day KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa). Brodrick-Cloete was an establis…
Joseph Friedenstein, 48, was a British subject from London, England, traveling saloon cabin (first class) aboard Lusitania. He was lost in the Lusitania sinking. His body was either never recovered or never identified. Friedenstein’s ticket for Lusitania was 46038 and he stayed in cabin B-108. He had previously visited the United States via White Star’s Majestic in April 1905, Cunard’s Mauretania in September 1912 and May 1914, and Lusitania in M…
…towards the vessel. ‘My God, there’s a torpedo’ exclaimed my friend. I saw it come quickly through the water until it struck the ship, which shook like a reed in the wind and heaved to one side. Everyone was rushing to and fro and there was a good deal of excitement but not all that much under the circumstances. The people got into the boats as quickly and with as little crushing as possible. When they had been there for about five minutes, an ord…
…was difficult to stand on the slanting deck, and I scrambled to a safer position between the two forward funnels. By this time scores were at the boats and a few jumping into the sea. Mabel carried baby William in her left arm and hauled herself up to the boat deck on a slippery, swinging rope. She had forgotten her fear in that moment. When she reached the starboard lifeboats, an officer told her, “There is no need to hurry, madam. Stay where you…
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