NAVIGATION-Cruising and Maritime Themes

LUSITANIA is one of the most talked about CUNARD passenger ships, for the good, the bad and the reasons we will never know, my thoughts are today with the families affected by the sinking of the ship exactly one hundred years ago, after been torpedoed by a German submarine. Cobh and Liverpool remembered the people that died on that terrible day. LUSITANIA was for a brief period of time the largest passenger ship in the World at 31.550 G.T., she was built by the prestigious JOHN BROWN shipyards and launched in 1907, one of the sleekest and most remarkable liners ever to have sailed lies at the bottom of the sea with so many untold stories and surely keeper of so many secrets.

Tomorrow, 7.5.2015 marks 100 years of the sinking of the LUSITANIA, tomorrow another "post" about this delightful ship, one of the most famous Cunarders.

This May the magnificent LUSITANIA, the largest passenger ship in the World when she was introduced in 1907 will be remembered during the CUNARD LINE celebrations of its 175th Anniversary, it's been 100 years since the sinking of the LUSITANIA, QUEEN VICTORIA is the ship to undergo on a cruise to commemorate the occasion with special events in Ireland, follow the link here for full details

Samuel Cunard founded the CUNARD LINE in 1840, Cunard a very successful Nova Scotia Shipping owner won the first British mail contract to establish a regular service across the North Atlantic. In 1902, Lord Inverclyde chairman of the CUNARD head office in Liverpool approached the British Government seeking help to build two huge superliners, the biggest, fastest and most powerful passenger liners ever built. CUNARD was alarmed not only with competition mainly from the Germans but also with a new American Tycoon, J. P. Morgan founder of the International Mercantile Marine, Morgan was buying the most powerful British Passenger Firms, including the White Star Line. The British Government agreed with a loan so the "LUSITANIA" and the "MAURITANIA" came into service in 1907. "LUSITANIA" the first, built by John BROWN & Co. Ltd at Clydebank was for a very short period of time the largest and fastest ship in the World, she was 31.550 GRT, the ...

One of the most influential liners ever was the SS "LUSITANIA" operated by CUNARD LINE, the ship was 31.500 GRT and had a top speed of about 25.5 knots, she conquered the Blue Riband in 1907 steaming at an average speed of 23.99 knots, together with her sister ship "MAURETANIA" they were the largest in the world when they were introduced, of course the "LUSITANIA" was to become forever famous because of her sinking in 1915 torpedoed by a German submarine at the end of her crossing. Two postcards from my private collection