History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Robert Mackenzie, 40, was a fish and poultry merchant from Dublin, Ireland, traveling third class aboard Lusitania. He was in his cabin when the ship was torpedoed. He saw many lifeboats swamp and helped load some lifeboats. The lifeboat he escaped in matches the description of lifeboat 15. Mackenzie survived the Lusitania sinking but was killed …
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 …
Marian “May” Bird (1875 – 1975), 40, of Cheshire, England, was a British subject and stewardess who had served aboard Lusitania since the ship’s maiden voyage. She survived the sinking in lifeboat 15 with her friend, Fannie Morecroft. They were rescued by the trawler Wanderer (also known by its registration number Peel 11) and then transferred …
Fannie Morecroft (1872 – 1958), 43 (given as 36), was a British national and stewardess aboard the last voyage of the Lusitania. She had been working aboard Lusitania since at least 1912. She survived the sinking and was plucked from the water by lifeboat 15, which was in turn picked up by the trawler Wanderer …
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