History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
The RMS Mauretania left Liverpool, England, 105 years ago today. Mauretania went on to become one of the most beloved ships in ocean liner history, a fate very much different from that of her tragic sister’s. As Mauretania was the larger ship, it doesn’t surprise me that Cunard picked her as the flagship over Lusitania. …
Frank Toner, from County Dublin, Ireland, was a fireman aboard Lusitania who allegedly also survived the previous sinkings of Titanic and Empress of Ireland. He was below decks when the torpedo impacted and led a group of men to the top, where he assisted women and children into lifeboats before jumping from the ship. He …
Albert Charles Dunn, 30, was Intermediate Sixth Engineer aboard Lusitania. He was rescued from the sinking when the ship was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 on 7 May 1915. While in the water, he found Assistant Cook George Wynne unconscious in the water and tied the boy to some wreckage to keep afloat. As …
Read moreMr. Albert Charles Dunn, Intermediate Sixth Engineer
Vernon Livermore was the Lusitania‘s bugler and also listed as a first waiter. He worked on board Lusitania with his brother-in-law, Percy Penny. They both lived in Liverpool, married to Hungarian sisters with the last name of Czervenka. Both Livermore and Penny survived. Livermore was rescued by Heron. Life Livermore was from Hyde, Lancashire (now Tameside, Greater Manchester), …
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