Memorial Details

Above the picture.   

   Souvenir in affectionate remembrance of 

   the

   Passengers Officers & crew

   who lost their lives on the S.S. Lusitania

   ”Torpedoed by a German Submarine, May 7th, 1915”.

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Left hand side below picture:

   The ship was going at 18 knots to catch the tide at Liverpool

   without having to stop, and as the engines were put out of work-

   ing the ship was still going when she went under only for that,

   hundreds of lives could have been saved.  She left New York

   at noon on May 1st and was sunk off Kinsale Head, South

   Coast of Ireland on Frday, May 7th, by a German submarine.

   The July returned the following verdict:- 

   The deceased met their death about eight miles 

   S.S.W. of the Old Head of Kinsale, on Friday, May 7th, 1915,

   owing to the sinking of the mail steamer Lusitania by torpedoes

   fired, WITHOUT warning, by a German submarine.  We find that

   this appalling crime was contrary to international law, and the 

   conventions of all civilised nations, and we therefore charge the 

   officers of the said submarine, and the Emperor and Government

   of Germany, under whose orders they acted, with the crime of 

   wilful and wholesale murder, before the tribunal of the civilised 

   world.

   The Lusitania was built in 1906 for the Cunard Liner, with

   A length overall of 785 ft, a breath (sic) of 88 ft, a depth to the bat

   Deck of 80ft., a maximum draught of 37 ft., and a height to the 

   Masthead of 210ft., the gross tonnage of the ship being 40,000.

   Her turbine engines had a horse-power of 68,000, giving ??

   Speed of 24½ knots.  This was often exceeded, and her average  

   for a whole day has been as much as 24, 25 knots. In many of her

   . . . . . with only four clear days at sea, she made over 60 

   . . . . . tours.  The builders of vessel were Messrs. John

   Brown and Co. of Clydebank and the initial cost of the leviathan

   Was estimated at £1,250.000.

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Right hand side below picture:

      Analysis of Nationalities.

      First class.

   British    … … … 179        Swede    … … … 1

   Almerican  … … … 106        Mexican  … … … 1

   Greek      … … … 3          Swiss    … … … 1

      Second Class

   British    … … … 521        Dutch    … … … 3

   American   … … … 66         French   … … … 5

   Russian    … … … 3          Italian  … … … 1

   Belgian    … … … 1          Unknown  … … … 2  

      Third Class

   British    … … … 256        Greek    … … … 3

   Russian    … … … 59         Finn     … … … 1

   American   … … … 17         Scandinavian … 4

   Persian    … … … 21         Mexican  … … … 1

      Total on board … … … … … … … … … …  1906

      Saved   Passengers 505   Crew 276    781

      Missing … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1125

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