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 …
Oliver Bernard Saloon Passenger Saved The Boston Globe, Globe Pequot Press. Guilford, CT. Courtesy Carole Lindsay. Born Oliver Percy Bernard 8 April 1881 Camberwell, London, England, United Kingdom Died 15 April 1939 (age 58) London, England, United Kingdom Age on Lusitania 34 Ticket number 1299 Cabin number B 103 Traveling with – Leslie Mason (employer’s …
Reverend Charles Cowley Clarke, 64, was of the diocese of Clifton near Brighton, England. When purchasing his ticket for Lusitania, Clarke asked if there was any danger and was told that there was none. Clarke’s ticket was 46062 and his cabin was D-12. Clarke became friendly with Staff Captain Anderson who told him early in …
Robert Rankin Saloon Passenger Saved image: Michael Poirer/US National Archives Born Robert Rankin 23 March 1882 Ithaca, New York, United States Died 10 August 1959 (age 76) Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States Age on Lusitania 33 Ticket number 46151 Cabin number E 43 Traveling with Many colleagues on board, but on different tickets Lifeboat 11 Rescued …
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