Mr.
ALBERT LLOYD HOPKINS, Saloon Class Passenger
image: New
York Times,
Sunday 16 May 1915.
Albert Hopkins, 44, was the president of the Newport News Shipbuilding
Drydock Company at 233 Broadway, New York City, New York, United
States. As company president, he earned $25 000 a year. He
was a graduate
of Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Married to
May Davies of Virginia, Hopkins lived at 270 Riverdale Drive, New York
City. The couple had a daughter, May Davies Hopkins.
In May of 1915, Hopkins was traveling to Britain on the Lusitania
to negotiate contracts for the manufacture of armor plates for
battleships, a product his company had been licensed to manufacture
since 1900. He
was traveling with Fred Gauntlett and Samuel Knox, also arms contractors.
While on board, he received a Marconigram saying that his father had
died.
At the time of the torpedoing, Hopkins was dining with Knox and
Gauntlett.
Hopkins' body, #194, was returned to New York on the American
liner Philadelphia.
In 1916, Mrs. May Davies Hopkins was one of the first claimants to
be awarded compensation. May received a $40 000 life insurance
settlement
on a policy taken out by her late husband. After the war,
Hopkins'
widow, who had since remarried, won a settlement of $50,000 against
Germany
while her daughter won $80,000.
Contributors:
Michael Poirier
Judith Tavares
References:
Hickey, Des and Gus Smith. Seven Days to Disaster.
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981.
Hoehling, A. A. and Mary. The Last Voyage of the Lusitania.
Madison Books, 1956.
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