Engineers Remembered.
As with just about any maritime disaster involving a great loss of life,
it is the ship's Engineers who invariably leave most of their number
behind.
The Engineers aboard the Lusitania on that fateful Friday were no
different. Like their famously stoic comrades aboard the Titanic
before them, some 66 per cent of the Lusitania's Engineers did not
survive the sinking. The ship's Chief Engineer, Archie Bryce, who
was a close personal friend of Captain Turner, was one of those men.
Chart showing debris field co-ordinates.
Click on image for larger version
We received an email from Mr. David Sayle in the Isle of Man
who states
"Did you know that some of the Lusitania's lifeboats survived
and were used as viking boats in Peel during 1970's and later.
I personally along with others, rowed one of them
(named sea dragon) from Peel in the Isle of Man to Strangford Loch
in Ireland. It was done for charity in the international year of the
child and a lot of funds were raised. Some of these lifeboats may
still survive yet.
My point being that even years later, Lusitania's lifeboats were still
saving people, albeit in a different way.The year we rowed sea
dragon to Ireland was 1983"
Gregg Bemis, pictured emerging from a Delta
mini-sub following a dive to the Lusitania wreck in 1993.
(Photo courtesy of Gregg Bemis).
The wreck of the ship is owned by an American businessman named
F. Gregg Bemis Junior.
Although Mr Bemis has proved his ownership in three separate courts,
the Irish Office of Public Works have placed an Underwater Heritage
Order upon the site occupied by Mr. Bemis' property.
Any projected diving operations to the Lusitania therefore need to
go through a complicated application procedure before permission
to visit the wreck can be obtained. Click HERE for a link to a story
about clues found in the Lusitania’s Sinking
The Irish Navy patrols the wreck site to enforce the Heritage Order.
Details of previous diving expeditions to the wreck of the Lusitania
can be found by visiting www.divernet.com
If you wish to see a video of a dive on the Lusitania click on the link below
Google Map link HERE
One of two telegraphs from the stern docking bridge, on the seabed at a
depth of 93 metres. Note a section of the stern safety rail above.
(Leigh Bishop).
Bollards located on the starboard side of the foredeck. They still have rope
coiled around them. (Leigh Bishop).
www.shipwreckfilms.co.uk/page11.html
Scroll down the page to where it says "Diving the Lusitania" and click on
the movie camera icon next to those words. What you get is a four minute
wmv film of the wreck.
One of the Lusitania’s propellers on display at
The Albert Dock at Liverpool.
Engineers Remembered.
As with just about any maritime disaster involving a great loss of life,
it is the ship's Engineers who invariably leave most of their number
behind.
The Engineers aboard the Lusitania on that fateful Friday were no
different. Like their famously stoic comrades aboard the Titanic
before them, some 66 per cent of the Lusitania's Engineers did not
survive the sinking. The ship's Chief Engineer, Archie Bryce, who
was a close personal friend of Captain Turner, was one of those men.
Chart showing debris field co-ordinates.
Click on image for larger version
We received an email from Mr. David Sayle in the Isle of Man
who states
"Did you know that some of the Lusitania's lifeboats survived
and were used as viking boats in Peel during 1970's and later.
I personally along with others, rowed one of them
(named sea dragon) from Peel in the Isle of Man to Strangford Loch
in Ireland. It was done for charity in the international year of the
child and a lot of funds were raised. Some of these lifeboats may
still survive yet.
My point being that even years later, Lusitania's lifeboats were still
saving people, albeit in a different way.The year we rowed sea
dragon to Ireland was 1983"
