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Lusitania: a fantastic success
A colour portrait of the Lusitania at the Landing Stage in Liverpool. © J Kent Layton Collection This is the fifth blog post in a series by J Kent Layton, maritime historian and author of ‘Lusitania:...
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Lusitania and the world crisis
Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II and England’s Winston Churchill together before the outbreak of war. © Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/J Kent Layton Collection This is the sixth blog...
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Lusitania: ‘If business demanded’ it
The Mauretania being manuevered around the Liverpool docks by tugboats. © J Kent Layton Collection This is the 7th blog post in a series by J Kent Layton, maritime historian and author of ‘Lusitania:...
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The Lusitania’s last voyage
Captain Turner spots a film crew on the New York pier as the Lusitania departs for the last time. © J Kent Layton Collection This is the 8th blog post in a series by J Kent Layton, maritime historian...
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Lusitania: 7 May 1915
An artist’s conception of the torpedo impact on the Lusitania. © Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/J Kent Layton Collection This is the 9th and penultimate blog post in a series by J...
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Lusitania 100 years later: never forget
Following the war, the Lusitania was used as a propaganda tool. This dramatic image shows the sinking liner, while encouraging Irishmen to join an Irish regiment and ‘avenge the Lusitania’. © Library...
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A wee tale from the ‘poop’ deck
Box of Bromo toilet paper. Accession number 1986.210.194 Part of my job as an Assistant Curator that I’ve absolutely loved is working in the museum stores with our fantastic collections. Sometimes...
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Lusitania families reunited
Joyce Percival and Mary Jones at the Lusitania commemoration in 2015 Every year on 7 May Merseyside Maritime Museum marks the anniversary of the tragic loss of the Lusitania with a commemoration and...
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Online collections – Lusitania and Liverpool’s First World War at sea
1987.306 Lusitania in the Mersey, by W L Wyllie This time last year, RMS Lusitania was a focus of local, national and international attention as we marked 100 years since the sinking of this famous...
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Rare photos of Cunard Building on its centenary
Foundations of Cunard building, dated 28 July 1913. Credit: Courtesy of National Museums Liverpool (Merseyside Maritime Museum) On Saturday, Cunard is celebrating the centenary of its former Liverpool...
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Remembering Britannic – Titanic’s sister ship
DX/2108/4/3 Today marks the centenary of the sinking of White Star Line’s Britannic. Built at Harland and Wolff’s shipyard in Belfast, she was the third of the Olympic-class passenger liners – sister...
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Movember 2016
Photograph of crew members of Lusitania, Cunard Line, taken in New York, 1910 (Maritime Archives and Library reference DX/1055). I almost made it through November this year without mentioning Movember...
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Centenary of the sinking of White Star Line’s Laurentic
MCR/82/167 Copyright unknown, believed to be expired As we continue to mark the centenary of the First World War, I wanted to highlight a Liverpool ship that was lost on 25 January 1917. Laurentic...
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Osmund Bartle Wordsworth – a survivor of Lusitania
Courtesy of The Warden and Scholars of Winchester College As we approach the 102nd anniversary of the tragic sinking of RMS Lusitania, guest blogger Lucy London is here to tell us about her research...
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“Those monstrous funnels coming down on us”
This photograph of Winifred Hull was taken in Liverpool, just three weeks after the sinking. Courtesy of Geoff Pawling. Geoff Pawling, who spoke at this year’s Lusitania commemoration, describes a...
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RMS Lusitania – remembering Alfred Faulkner Wheelhouse
Lusitania commemoration 2017 Monday 7 May will mark the 103rd anniversary of the sinking of RMS Lusitania, and we will be gathering alongside the Lusitania propeller for our annual commemorative...
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Remembering Lusitania
James Wallace wearing his Cunard uniform. Image courtesy of Kath Kavanagh Tuesday 7th May 2019 marks the 104th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Lusitania. Each year we hold a commemorative service...
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