History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Annie Sharp, 32, was a British national who had been staying in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, but was returning home to the United Kingdom aboard Lusitania. She booked a third class ticket. When the Lusitania was sinking, she entered lifeboat 14, which was lowered successfully but soon filled with water and capsized repeatedly. Annie survived …
Alex Duncan was the Junior Second Engineer aboard the Lusitania for her final crossing. He survived the Lusitania sinking. Duncan later became Chief Officer of the Berengaria, formerly the German ship known as Imperator, that replaced Lusitania on Cunard’s North Atlantic run. In 1935, Duncan attended a crew reunion held in commemoration of the Lusitania‘s 20th …
Image credit: Senan Molony/UK National Archives William E. G. Jones, about 29, was a British subject and the Third Electrician aboard Lusitania‘s last voyage. He survived the Lusitania disaster. On the day of the disaster, 7 May 1915, Jones had just finished his watch and was about to climb into his bunk when the torpedo …
Read moreMr. William Ewart Gladstone Jones, Third Electrician
Richard Wylie, 31, was a British subject and the Third Junior Third Engineer aboard the Lusitania‘s last voyage. He survived the sinking. On the day of the Lusitania disaster, 7 May 1915, Wylie was sleeping in his bunk when the torpedo hit. He helped passengers to the boat deck. Seconds before the ship sank from …
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