R.M.S. LUSITANIA, 1915

Programme of Entertainment in aid of Seamen’s Charities at Liverpool and New York, Held in third class dining saloon Thursday, May 6, 1915 at 7.30pm, with full page illustration of the Lusitania (old tape staining to edges) -- 9 x 6in. (23 x 15cm.); together with a letter of provenance

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Provenance: Recovered from the sea by John Schofield Hulme, a Queenstown trawlerman who, having received the liner's distress call, was allegedly first to attend the scene on 7th May 1915.

A poignant item, given that the Lusitania was sunk the following day at 2.10 pm, eleven miles off the Old Head of Kinsale when the liner crossed in front of the U-Boat U-20 and was sunk by one torpedo. Out of 1,962 crew and passengers 1,198 perished.

Condition Report

defective and clumsily repaired

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