History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
This May 7th marks the 99th anniversary of the Lusitania sinking, and this July will also mark the World War I centennial. Lots of plans are afoot for next year’s Lusitania centennial, which I’ve titled “Lusitania 2015,” time permitting. I would’ve loved to have filled in more biographies by now, but the craziness of life …
The SS United States needs our help! The SS United States Conservancy has done a great job of raising funds to keep this ship, but they’re only 1/5 of the way there. The SSUS is one of the last great ocean liners still around today. Please, please, please don’t let her go to the scrapyards! …
Read moreSS United States, revisiting Lusitania wreck, and new pages
From our friends at Lusitania Online are the results of a computer simulation of the U-20’s attack on the Lusitania. These simulations take into account Schweiger’s over estimation of the Lusitania‘s speed to figure out where would be the most likely point of torpedo impact. The simulation also runs calculations for whether it would have …
Read moreComputer simulation of the U-20’s attack on Lusitania
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