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From Cunard:
Lusitania Remembered
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Queen Victoria pays fitting tribute to this ‘floating palace’ on the 100th anniversary of her sinking, the single most tragic event in our history. Joining her 3 May cruise, you will be invited to attend ceremonies and events at the memorial in Cobh, close to where Lusitania still lies.
History
The Lusitania (1907), also called at the time ‘Lucy’, was a true ‘Monarch of the Sea’ designed to outclass the German liners like Kaisee Wilhelm der Gross and the Deutschland. Cunard decreed that their accommodation was to be ‘of a spaciousness and splendour hitherto unknown outside the great luxury hotels of the world’.
While still serving as a passenger liner, she left New York for Liverpool on 1st May 1915 with 1959 passengers and crew onboard. On 7th May 1915, a single torpedo fired from the German U-boat U-20 slammed into the starboard side of the Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland. The ship listed and sank in just 18 minutes. While 761 of those on board were rescued, most were not so fortunate.
Did you know
The Lusitania was the largest ship ever built, until her sister Mauretania was completed the same year, 1907.
Designed to be the fastest ship on the Atlantic, she took the Blue Riband Award for crossing to New York in 4 days, 19 hours and 52 minutes.
Built for war as well as peace she was capable to carry guns and travel 25 knots in order to outpace submarines.
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