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Ship – RMS Lusitania
Ship Details
Name: RMS Lusitania
Owner: Cunard Steamship Company
Further information at: en.wikipedia.org
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Notes & Comments
Info collected by Bruce Maliphant [##48059]
JOURNEYS
| Surname | First Name | Ref ID | From | ↓ Select ↓ | To | Departure | Arrival | Transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALIPHANT | Albert Victor | 46016 | U.S.A. |   | U.K. | 20th June 1911 E | 27th June 1911 | RMS Lusitania |
SPECIFICATIONS
Built by John Brown & Co., Ltd., Clydebank, Glasgow.
Tonnage: 31,550.
Dimensions: 762′ x 87′.
Quadruplescrew, 26 knots.
Two masts and four funnels.
Torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine 10 miles off the Old Head Kinsale, southeast tip of Ireland on May 7, 1915.
She went down within 18 minutes and the loss of life amounted to 1,198 people.
Sister ship: Mauretania.