Fun Trivia : RMS Lusitania

Structure Sub-topic of: Maritime Quizzes Interesting Questions, Facts and Information There are a total of 10 general entries. Special Topics Death Ship - The Lusitania

Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

RMS Lusitania

Which shipbuilding company built the Lusitania and Aquatania?

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John Brown & Co. Ltd. John Brown & Co. Ltd built the Lusitania and Aquatania, while Mauritania, Lusitania's other sister ship was contracted to another builder.



What date was Lusitania launched?

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June 7th, 1906. The ship was launched Thursday, June 7th, 1906.



During a 300th anniversary celebration, a Wright Brother's airplane made several flights over the Lusitania. What was this anniversary celebrating?

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Henry Hudson's trip up the Hudson River. The event in 1909 celebrated the 300th anniversary of the trip, and this was combined with the 100th anniversary of the Fulton Engine.



RMS Lusitania's final Captain shared a name with which movie character?

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Pirates of the Caribbean's "William Turner". Though Will Turner in the film was not named after him, they share the common first and last name.



The U-boat tracking the Lusitania remained unknown to the Lusitania until the disaster. The Lusitania nearly escaped the U-boat's range simply by casually sailing faster, but the U-boat caught up because of one inadvertent mistake made by the ship. What was it?

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The Lusitania changed course to line up with a lighthouse. As the Lusitania approached the Old Head of Kinsale, the captain ordered a line up with the lighthouse to navigate easier.



With the order to launch lifeboats finally given, there is a new problem with half of them- they are next to impossible to launch. Why?

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The ship is leaning to far starboard that port lifeboats will drag along the ship when lowered. Though the boats on the port were still capable of being launched, they were susceptible to damage from parts sticking out.



During the sinking, Lusitania shared which trait with another famous shipwreck from the time period?

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The ship hit the seafloor before submerging like the RMS Britannic. The Lusitania, being nearly 800 feet long, hit the bottom of the 330 feet water before her stern completely sank below. Though yes, a life jacket from it did escape and be rescued in Philadelphia, PA, this was not the case with the SS Noranic.



A woman killed in the sinking of the ship had her body brought back to Ireland where it was claimed by her family in America. Her body was then to be transported to the United States aboard a smaller ship- which was sunk en route by the same exact U-boat. What was this woman's name?

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Mrs. George Washington Stephens. A couple months after the Lusitania disaster, the Hesperin carried Mrs. Washington's body only a small percentage of the route to North America. The ship was also torpedoed by the U-20 within the same area of Lusitania's rusting wreck.



The wreck of the Lusitania remains a dive site to scuba divers and marine adventurers. This wreck is located off of which European country?

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Ireland. Ireland's Old Head of Kinsale is where the Lusitania went down and remains.