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Perhaps, but the tons of munitions in the cargo hold might have had a bit more to do with that secondary explosion.I notice that the second explosion, caused by a mixture of coal dust and air is not mentioned
Perhaps, but the tons of munitions in the cargo hold might have had a bit more to do with that secondary explosion.
In 1918 a New York judge had ruled that there were 4,200 cases of safety cartridges, 18 fuse cases and 125 shrapnel cases without any powder charge on board the liner when it went down but that these did not constitute "war munitions". He added that the Lusitania had not been armed or carried any high explosives.
The 1915 British inquiry into the sinking of the Lusitania, chaired by Lord Mersey, barely touched on the issue. When a French survivor, Joseph Marichal, a former army officer, tried to claim that the ship had sunk so quickly because the ammunition had triggered a second explosion, his testimony was quickly dismissed.
And starring John Hannah of the 1999 cinematic masterpiece The Mummy starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz
On this 109th anniversary of the Lusitania's sinking, I definitely think that a Lusitania movie could no doubt be an excellent thriller.If presented well could a movie titled LUISITANIA rival James Cameron's TITANIC( 1997)?
The Hubbards’s last moments were observed by a Lusitania survivor :Wikipedia said:In 1912, the passenger liner RMS Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. Hubbard subsequently wrote of the disaster, singling out the story of Ida Straus, who as a woman was supposed to be placed on a lifeboat in precedence to the men, but refused to board the boat, and leave her husband. Hubbard then added his own commentary:
“Mr. and Mrs. Straus, I envy you that legacy of love and loyalty left to your children and grandchildren. The calm courage that was yours all your long and useful career was your possession in death. You knew how to do three great things—you knew how to live, how to love and how to die. One thing is sure, there are just two respectable ways to die. One is of old age, and the other is by accident. All disease is indecent. Suicide is atrocious. But to pass out as did Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus is glorious. Few have such a privilege. Happy lovers, both. In life they were never separated and in death they are not divided."
Also the experience of the German U-Boat captain and crew could be a part of the OP’s movie. Wikipedia gives a glimpse of what the German captain Walther Schwieger saw.Wikipedia said:A little more than three years after the sinking of the Titanic, the Hubbards boarded the RMS Lusitania in New York City. On May 7, 1915, while at sea 11 miles (18 km) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, the ship was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U-20. His end seems to have followed the pattern he had admired in Mrs. Straus. In a letter to Elbert Hubbard II dated March 12, 1916, Ernest C. Cowper, a survivor of this event, wrote:
“I cannot say specifically where your father and Mrs. Hubbard were when the torpedoes hit, but I can tell you just what happened after that. They emerged from their room, which was on the port side of the vessel, and came on to the boat-deck.
Neither appeared perturbed in the least. Your father and Mrs. Hubbard linked arms—the fashion in which they always walked the deck—and stood apparently wondering what to do. I passed him with a baby which I was taking to a lifeboat when he said, "Well, Jack, they have got us. They are a damn sight worse than I ever thought they were."
They did not move very far away from where they originally stood. As I moved to the other side of the ship, in preparation for a jump when the right moment came, I called to him, "What are you going to do?" and he just shook his head, while Mrs. Hubbard smiled and said, "There does not seem to be anything to do."
The expression seemed to produce action on the part of your father, for then he did one of the most dramatic things I ever saw done. He simply turned with Mrs. Hubbard and entered a room on the top deck, the door of which was open, and closed it behind him.
It was apparent that his idea was that they should die together, and not risk being parted on going into the water.
Wikipedia said:At about 13:40 Schwieger was at the periscope and saw a vessel approaching. From a distance of about 700 metres (770 yd) Schwieger noted she had four funnels and two masts, making her a passenger liner of some sort. He fired a single torpedo. It hit on the starboard side, almost directly below the bridge. Schwieger wrote that he was surprised by the size of the explosion, reasoning that a second explosion must have happened, possibly caused by coal dust, a boiler explosion, or powder. According to his logs, only then did he recognise her as the Lusitania, a vessel in the British Fleet Reserve. In 18 minutes, Lusitania sank with 1,197 casualties. The wreck lies in 300 feet (91 m) of water.
Fifteen minutes after he had fired his torpedo, Schwieger noted in his war diary:
"It looks as if the ship will stay afloat only for a very short time. [I gave order to] dive to 25 metres (82 ft) and leave the area seawards. I couldn't have fired another torpedo into this mass of humans desperately trying to save themselves."
The Lusatania was carrying detonator for artillery shells in her holds, she was also transporting troops, in civilian clothes (a violation of international law)I wonder how the movie would handle the competing claims as for the ship being a legitimate target because she was carrying ammunition, or if it will show the gun they bolted to her deck.
it was close enough to shore that they were a family having a panic that saw the whole thingGermany knew the ship was carrying munitions. They took out an ad in the New York Times to that effect. So Lusitania was a warship, legally. And a warship of a belligerent nation, Great Britain.
Attacking an enemy within their own territorial waters is the clearest legal position. It would be greyer, but not much, in International waters.
Territorial waters were 3 miles, at the time IIRC.
the cargo hold wasnt hit infact rifle ammo was found but its still "neatly stacked" surviving bombings from nato anti sub training in the late 40s a time when the wreck wasnt considered a historical site at the timePerhaps, but the tons of munitions in the cargo hold might have had a bit more to do with that secondary explosion.
None of this is true.The Lusatania was carrying detonator for artillery shells in her holds, she was also transporting troops, in civilian clothes (a violation of international law)
Fairly certain it was more pre WW2 that it was used as a target for anti sub training, post WW2 she’s well inside a non NATO nations waters.the cargo hold wasnt hit infact rifle ammo was found but its still "neatly stacked" surviving bombings from nato anti sub training in the late 40s a time when the wreck wasnt considered a historical site at the time
You might want to ask on the Titanic thread.So not thread related but era related Margaret "Molly" Brown 1st class passenger from Colorado was travelling back to US with no maid. Wouldn't that have been very unusual at time, for a wealthy woman and would the Titanic have had staff to help her get dressed etc?
In the stodgy era of 1915, dancing is illegal - even in international waters! Until one rebellious third-class passenger (Kevin Bacon) starts making waves. But the merciless submersible of the dance-hating Kaiser (John Lithgow) is just one step behind. Find out what happens, this summer in - Footlusitania.