History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
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Today, 7 May 2021, we remember the lives of those lost on this day 106 years ago when the German submarine U-20 torpedoed the RMS Lusitania off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland. Almost 1,200 lives were lost that day, devastating families who lost loved ones, and changing the course of history. Our annual get …
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Greetings friends! TODAY (18 April 2021) at 7 pm Greenwich Mean Time, 3 pm Eastern Daylight Time, and noon Pacific Daylight Time there is a fundraiser for the Lusitania Museum, and you can sign up and join the Zoom fundraiser at this link: https://www.facebook.com/events/525660515493981/ This is the GoFundMe for today’s fundraiser: https://gofund.me/4eeb86d5 All who donate …
On 21 May 2020, Gregg Bemis, the owner of the Lusitania wreck, passed away at age 91 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. He was due to celebrate his 92nd birthday the following week. His ship, the Lusitania was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 in 1915, resulting in the deaths of almost 1,200 …
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On this day 113 years ago on 7 June 1907, Yard Number 367, the RMS Lusitania, slid from her berth at John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland. Christened by Mary, Lady Inverclyde, Lusitania was launched at 12:30 p.m. in a great celebration. One newspaper called the occasion “an event . . . of national …
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