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15th May 2015, 07:13 PM
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Lusitania
there is a program on channel 5 just started about the Lusitania started 8pm
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6th April 2018, 11:52 PM
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Re: Lusitania
2018 Lusitania Remembered.
The sinking of Lusitania was one of the most horrific incidents at sea during the First World War (1914-18). In early 1915 the German Government declared that all Allied ships would be in danger of attack in British waters. Lusitania sailed from New York on 1 May 1915 with 1962 people on board. On 7 May 1915 at 2.10pm, the liner was near Kinsale in southern Ireland when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20. She sank in under twenty minutes with the loss of 1191 lives.
The sinking of this unarmed passenger ship caused international outrage. There were riots in Liverpool and London, as well as other cities around the world. The German government claimed that Lusitania was a legitimate target due to the war supplies she was carrying - as were many other British ships. However, British and American enquiries later declared the sinking to have been unlawful.
This event devastated the tight-knit dockland communities in north Liverpool, where most of Lusitania's crew lived. 405 crew members died, including many Liverpool Irish seamen.
Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool.
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7th April 2018, 01:43 AM
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Re: Lusitania
Hi Judith.
Nice to hear from you. Out here it was on a few months ago. Shows how terrible wars are regarding civilians, if only there was a planet for people who want wars and fight them could go too, we could call it Planet Colosseum.
Cheers Des
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7th April 2018, 01:51 AM
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Re: Lusitania
Sorry Des, Judith's post is from 2015, I checked threads but, not from when.
Today would be the tribute day.
Keith.
Added: A report from earlier this year.
Tiara saved from Lusitania to go on show at V&A in London.
https://www.theguardian.com/artandde...t-va-in-london
The diamond and pearl Cartier headpiece escaped the sinking of the ocean liner in 1915
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7th April 2018, 06:19 AM
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Re: Lusitania
my grandfather worked as a docker when no work he handled baggage at the landing stage he was given a lot of mail to post by nurses on board my mother often said it left him deeply sadden knowing most would not have survived the crossing?jp
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