On this day 113 years ago on 7 June 1907, Yard Number 367, the RMS Lusitania, slid from her berth at John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland. Christened by Mary, Lady Inverclyde, Lusitania was launched at 12:30 p.m. in a great celebration. One newspaper called the occasion “an event . . . of national importance.”
The U.S. National Archives has a collection of Lusitania photos (although if you have a keen eye, you can see some are actually the Mauretania). Since all U.S. citizens can access these photos, I have published a few here today:
To read more about the building and outfitting of the Lusitania, please visit the “Construction and Trials” page on this site.
Editor’s Note: I have been drafting a piece to remember Gregg Bemis, the owner of the Lusitania wreck, who passed away at the end of May. The situation being as it is currently in the United States, I’ve been spending much of these last two weeks doing community organizing instead of working on the site, so please bear with me. I want to be able to publish a good article that properly honors his memory. Thank you!
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