THE definitive work on the real story surrounding
this still mysterious ship. On the 7th of May 1915 the Cunard vessel Lusitania was
torpedoed by a German submarine off the Old Head of Kinsale on the south west coast of
Ireland resulting in the loss of the vessel itself and 1,201 men, women and children. It
also ultimately resulted in the United States entry to the First World War.
More than eighty years on the story of the Lusitania continues to be
shrouded in mystery and suspicion. What was her real cargo? Why wasn't she protected? Why
did she sink so quickly? Unlike the Titanic, the Lusitania was a Liverpool ship that plied
her trade to and from Liverpool and it was on her way home to Liverpool that she met her
tragic fate. Her Captain 'Bowler' Bill Turner, was a Merseyside man too, so
Lusitania and
her story has a special place in maritime history, as well as the hearts and minds of the
people of Merseyside.
Lord Mersey, the great grandson of the man who chaired the enquiry
into the Lusitania disaster, (who he calls 'the Old Man'), assisted in the
publication and
was kind enough to write a new foreword for this Special Edition. Containing rare
photographs from Germany and elsewhere, it is a truly intriguing and fascinating tale.
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