History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Image courtesy Roy Baker, Curator of the Leece Museum, Isle of Man Wanderer PL11 (Peel 11) was a sail-powered fishing boat from in Peel, Isle of Man, that was fishing off the coast of Ireland when the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk on Friday, 7 May 1915. Wanderer was the first rescue vessel on the scene …
Lifeboat 15 was one of the (if not the) last boats to be lowered, and was under the command of First Officer Arthur Rowland Jones. As the boat was leaving, it got tangled in the Marconi wires that threatened to drag the lifeboat down with the ship. Several people in the water hanging onto the sides …
Emily Anderson Second Cabin Passenger Saved [No Picture Provided] Born Emily Mary Pybus 22 July 1888 Darlington, England, United Kingdom Died 11 March 1917 (age 28) Darlington, England, United Kingdom Age on Lusitania 26 Traveling with Barbara Anderson (daughter) Lifeboat 15, 1 Rescued by Wanderer (Peel 11) Citizenship British Residence Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States Spouse(s) …
Edward Heighway Able-Bodied Seaman Saved Image courtesy Jon Belmonte. Born Edward John Heighway 22 December 1872 Auckland, New Zealand Died 23 November 1950 (age 77) Whiston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Age on Lusitania 42 Lifeboat 15, 1 Rescued by Wanderer (Peel 12) Citizenship British (Irish/New Zealander) Residence Strangford, Co. Down, Ireland, United Kingdom (present-day Northern …
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