Propeller from The Lusitania
This propeller was one of four from the Liverpool based passenger liner RMS Lusitania ( 1907 ) . She sailed between Liverpool and New York until she was torpedoed by the German submarine U20 on the 7th May 1915 with the loss of 1,201 lives .
Lusitania and her sister ship Mauretania were owned by Liverpool's Cunard Line and carried passengers and mail on regular services to the USA . Lusitania held the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic by a passenger vessel , making the journey in under 4.5 days . This propeller was fitted in 1909 to improve her speed .
Lusitania continued her transatlantic run after the outbreak of World War I until she was torpedoed and sank in under twenty minutes off the coast of southern Ireland . People were outraged at the deliberate targeting of a passenger ship and Lusitania's fate still causes controversy today .
Propeller from The Lusitania
This propeller was one of four from the Liverpool based passenger liner RMS Lusitania ( 1907 ) . She sailed between Liverpool and New York until she was torpedoed by the German submarine U20 on the 7th May 1915 with the loss of 1,201 lives .
Lusitania and her sister ship Mauretania were owned by Liverpool's Cunard Line and carried passengers and mail on regular services to the USA . Lusitania held the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic by a passenger vessel , making the journey in under 4.5 days . This propeller was fitted in 1909 to improve her speed .
Lusitania continued her transatlantic run after the outbreak of World War I until she was torpedoed and sank in under twenty minutes off the coast of southern Ireland . People were outraged at the deliberate targeting of a passenger ship and Lusitania's fate still causes controversy today .