History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
7 September 1907 marks RMS Lusitania‘s 118th maiden voyage anniversary, the day she departed Liverpool for New York. I’d like to remember the Lusitania as she was, when everyone was excited to see the world’s newest largest and fastest liner. These photos today are from the Library of Congress. The photo above is titled: “RMS ... Read more 118 Maiden Voyage Anniversary The post 118 Maiden Voyage…
The long-awaited Volume 2 of Lusitania: An Illustrated Biography is now available for purchase! This several-years-long labor of love is now available for all to read, having been released on 17 April 2025. One of our website’s frequent contributors, Michael Poirier, is a contributing author, and this is very exciting news! Please head over to the book’s ... Read more Lusitania: An Illustrated…
The 110th Lusitania sinking anniversary is approaching, and I wanted to provide information for anyone who may be thinking of attending events in either Liverpool or Kinsale. The details are as follows: Liverpool Commemoration 2025 Wednesday, 7 May 2025 1:55 pm Museum of Liverpool Pier Head, Liverpool, United Kingdom, L3 1DG We will meet by ... Read more Approaching Anniversary 110 #Lusitania…
Today marks the 65th anniversary of the sinking of the Italian liner Andrea Doria, and D/V Tenacious is livestreaming a commemoration of the sinking over Facebook that you can watch embedded here. Not among the largest or fastest, Andrea Doria was one of the most beautiful. Named after the 16th-century Genovese Admiral Andrea Doria, the ... Read more 65th #AndreaDoria sinking anniversary…
On this day 115 years ago, 7 June 1907, the RMS Lusitania left her slip at John Brown and Co., Clydebank, Scotland, to be outfitted to become the revolutionary, luxurious, historical, and tragic ship that she turned out to be. Christened by Mary, Lady Inverclyde, Lusitania launched at 12:30 p.m. that day, with 600 invited ... Read more 115th #Lusitania launch anniversary #RMSLusitania The post…
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 ... Read more Virtual commemorations for #Lusitania sinking anniversary 106 #RMSLusitania…
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 ... Read more #Lusitania…
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 ... Read more Remembering Gregg Bemis #GreggBemis #Lusitania #RMSLusitania The post Remembering…
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 ... Read more #RMSLusitania launched 113 years ago today #Lusitania The post #RMSLusitania…
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 ... Read more #Lusitania anniversary 105 sinking commemoration videos online and updates…