Cunard
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- Eighteen Minutes The Sinking of the Lusitania and the Eighteen Minutes That Changed the World · Liszt Think
On May 7, 1915, a single torpedo from U-20 struck the Lusitania off the Old Head of Kinsale.
- The Queen of the Atlantic…urious ships, and their vessels had taken the Blue Riband, the unofficial prize for the fastest Atlantic crossing, away from British lines. Cunard responded with a pair of ships designed to reclaim that honor and hold it. The Lusitania and her sister Mauretania would be the largest pas…
- A Notice in the NewspapersThe Cunard liner steamed westward into an Atlantic that had carried passengers safely for generations. That confidence had been built over a century o…
- Captain Turner’s Orders…set, with a broad weathered face and the deliberate movements of a man who had spent forty years learning the sea’s patience. He had joined Cunard in 1878 as fourth officer, left to gain broader experience, returned in 1889, and had held command since 1903. He carried an Extra Master’s…