Wanderer (Peel 11)

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 …

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Lifeboat 15

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 …

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Miss Marian “May” Bird

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 …

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Mrs. Fannie Jane Morecroft

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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