Germany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walther Schwieger, the captain of Unterseeboot-20, was happy to oblige. But the Lusitania was one of the era’s great transatlantic “Greyhounds”-the fastest liner then in service-and her captain, William Thomas Turner, placed tremendous faith in the gentlemanly strictures of warfare that for a century had kept civilian ships safe from attack. For months, German U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. “Both terrifying and enthralling.”- Entertainment Weekly From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania.
However, its job of carrying passengers across the Atlantic Ocean was not the thing that made her famous today.įor a limited time discount of only $2.99!Īvailable on PC, Mac, smart phone, tablet or Kindle device. In addition, out of all the ships that were converted for use in the war, the Lusitania was the only one that was exempted and continued on as a cruise ship. She was considered by engineers and shipbuilders as one of the finest examples of man’s ingenuity and creativity. The ship was called “magnificent”, consuming as much as one hundred forty tons of coal every day even if it just stands still on the dock, and standing seven stories tall from dock to bridge.
Warning: False Copyright Claims will result in legal actions by Unlimited Press Works, LLCĭead Wake tells the story of one of the greatest and most memorable cruise ships in history aside from the Titanic, its Cunard rival Lusitania.
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