This page is something in the nature of a virtual gallery of Lusitania memorabilia.
Sadly, very little remains to be seen of the Lusitania today, but every now and
again, another long lost artefact turns up unexpectedly.
We are indebted to all those who have given their kind permission for pictures
of items in their possession to be displayed.
Please click HERE for Shipboard Memorabilia
DAILY MIRROR Newspaper
detailing the Sinking of the
LUSITANIA.
"Lusitania torpedoed by German
Pirate! Huns carry out their threat
to Murder!" scream the headlines.
Cobwebs/Lusitania Online
One of a consignment of Percussion
Fuze detonators for a 4.5-inch High
Explosive Artillery shell salvaged from
the wreck.When recovered, this item
still contained its Fulminate of Mercury
charge.However, the consignment that
it was part of was not responsible for the
atal second explosion as they were all
stored aft.
Cobwebs/Lusitania Online
Box containing a British propaganda copy of
Karl Goetz's Lusitania Medal.
Cobwebs/Lusitania Online
At first glance, this postcard appears to have
nothing to do with the Lusitania. However, the
last line of the handwritten message on the front
of the card says "Am having a very good time.
Was aboard the Lusitania yesterday.
Love from Gertrude."
The card is postmarked "Newark, New Jersey.
September 20th 1907". This was the week of the
ship's maiden arrival in New York, during which
time, the Lusitania was open to the public.
As the American press had dubbed her "The
eighth wonder of the World" the American public
were more than eager to see her.
The card's sender, Gertrude, was a sightseer on
a tour which as well as taking in the new
"Wonder ship", also included Eagle Rock, a
scenic overlook at the top of Orange Mountain,
West Orange, NJ. This beauty spot offers a
spectacular vista of New York City from 20 Miles
distance. The card depicts the pathway leading
to the viewpoint.
Joseph Fagan Collection/Lusitania Online
Hand - coloured contemporary picture of the Lusitania berthed
at the Princes Landing Stage, Liverpool. Such illustrations were
commonly used in brochures and on posters and postcards
of the period.
Lusitania Online collection
This Postcard bears an Impressed
date of June 1915 and commemorates
the sinking.
Mitch Peeke
Text in Blue means you can click on an image and view a larger version.
Copies of letters sent to us by Mr Colin Scott’.
The first letter, written on Lusitania letterhead, was written by his Great Aunt, Henrietta
Etta) Carson while onboard the Lusitania as she waited at berth in New York to depart
on her doomed voyage.
The letter was couriered away by pilot boat before the Lusitania set sail. Six days later
the ship was sunk by torpedo off the coast of Ireland. Etta Carson never made it home
to Scotland; her body was never found.
Click on image for full size
Text and images. Aileen Scott/Colin Scott/Lusitania Online
Aunt Etta (Henrietta Carson) came to Canada from Scotland when she was 16 years old
to join her older sister (a school teacher) in Winnipeg.
Aunt Etta was employed by Canadian Pacific and lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her father
passed away at home in Scotland in the spring of 1915 so she was anxious to return
home to be with her mother.
She was 20 years old when she made arrangements to sail home on the RMS Grampian;
however, her older brother George Carson (living then in Sherbrooke, Quebec)convinced
her to change ships and sail instead on the Lusitania, thinking it would be safer.
I've attached a letter penned to my grandmother (Etta's sister) by Aunt Etta in April of
1915 when she explained those events.
Click on image for full size
Text and images. Aileen Scott/Colin Scott/Lusitania Online
Nelle and Etta Carson
Another letter to Nellie from Etta
Images. Aileen Scott/Colin Scott/Lusitania Online
