The Lusitania's Last Voyage

The Lusitania's Last Voyage - Being a narrative of the torpedoing and sinking of the R. M. S. Lusitania by a German submarine off the Irish coast, May 7, 1915

Being a Narrative of the Torpedoing and Sinking of the R. M. S. Lusitania by a German Submarine off the Irish Coast May 7, 1915 BY CHARLES E. LAURIAT, Jr. ONE OF THE SURVIVORS With Illustrations BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1915 COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY CHARLES E. LAURIAT, JR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published October 1915 Copyright in Great Britain, Ireland, and British Colonies, and in all countries under the Convention, by Charles E. Lauriat, Jr. TO MY FATHER WHO TAUGHT ME IN BOYHOOD TO SWIM, AND TO KNOW NO FEAR OF THE SEA AND TO MY MOTHER WHO FOUNDED THE FAITH THAT HAS BROUGHT ME THROUGH ALL THINGS I DEDICATE THIS BOOK Our voyage from New York had been uneventful and in fact it was quite a Lauriat Crossing; fine weather, smooth sea, and after the first few hours of Sunday (May 2) there had been no fog up to Friday morning (May 7), when it came in for a short time. The speed of the boat had not been what I had expected it would be, for after the first full run of 24 hours, in which we covered 501 miles, the run dropped each day to well below the 500 mark, and the last 24 hours up to{4} Friday noon (May 7) we made only 462 miles. This was partly accounted for by the fact that we picked up Greenwich time at Cape Clear and put the clock ahead 1 hour and 40 minutes. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 53251
Author: Lauriat, Charles Emelius
Release Date: Oct 10, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English