The Lusitania Story

by Mitch Peeke

Overview

The Lusitania Story is the complete story of this most famous ocean liner, told for the first time in a single volume. The Lusitania is today most remembered for controversy surrounding her loss by a German submarine attack in 1915, during the First World War. But this book also tells of her life before that cataclysmic event. It tells of the ground-breaking advances in maritime engineering that she represented, as well as a hitherto unheard of degree of opulence. This book also takes a close look at the disaster which befell her and, with the help of leading experts, the authors examine the circumstances of her loss and try to determine why this magnificent vessel was lost in a mere eighteen minutes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783400386
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date:	01/31/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	505,705
File size:	20 MB
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About the Author

Kevin Walsh-Johnson is a founding member of the Lusitania Historical Society.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
	Acknowledgements	xi
	Introduction	xiii
	Forces of Creation	1
	Design	4
	Building the Dream	10
	Launch	14
	Fitting Out	17
	Trials and Alterations	25
	Lusitania in Service	29
	War	39
	The Last Departure	52
	The 202nd Atlantic Voyage	57
	The Sinking of the Lusitania	73
	Public Enquires: The Crown v The Truth	81
	The Wreck of the Lusitania	91
	What Sank the Lusitania?	94
	Epilogue	106
Appendix I	Passenger and Crew List for Lusitania's Last Voyage	111
Appendix II	Cunard Obligations: 1903 Agreement	155
Appendix III	Lusitania Online	166
Appendix IV	Dimensions and Statistics of RMS Lusitania	167
	Bibliography	168
	Index	170