History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
admin Merry Christmas from The Lusitania Resource! Christmas has a special place for World War I historians because of the Christmas Truce of 1914. A few years back I posted a video from “Christmas in the Trenches” by John McCutcheon. This year is a different song but still expressing the hope for peace in troubled times. …
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Since the centennial, I’ve taken a little break to catch up on non-Lusitania matters, so please forgive the delay in site updates. A few more posts and updates are in the pipeline, but in the meantime, an announcement: On 6 May 2015 a dinner was held at the Commodore Hotel in Cobh, formerly Queenstown, for …
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The sinking of the RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915 was not the end of the story. The survivors, after disembarking from their rescue vessels, were taken in by an unprepared but unreservedly generous people of Queenstown (now Cobh) Many of the survivors were taken to the Rob Roy Hotel or Queen’s Hotel (the latter …
Lusitania flowers at the wreck site, presented by Richard Woods (son of Nancy Wickings-Smith) Friday, 7 May 1915: The RMS Lusitania is torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 at 2:10 pm and sinks to the bottom of the sea at 2:28 pm, off the south coast of Ireland. Of the estimated 1,962 passengers and crew …
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