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 …
With the world in lockdown mode and all of us being unable to gather on site in either Liverpool, England, or at the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, the Merseyside Maritime Museum and the Old Head of Kinsale Signal Tower have made their own videos to help us remember the Lusitania disaster and all those …
Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, in-person memorial events for Lusitania’s 105th sinking anniversary in Liverpool and at the Old Head of Kinsale are cancelled. However, these events are now online, and you will be able to view them from home. Liverpool, Merseyside Maritime Museum The Merseyside Maritime Museum has uploaded a number of videos …
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