Posted on 11/23/2018 4:02:15 PM PST by NRx
From the land of long ago, the difficult choices involved with travel.
During WWII my Father crossed the Atlantic on the Mauritania. It sailed unescorted because of it’s speed.
Olympic Class was built for luxury, not speed.
I am assuming that was the 2nd Mauretania, since the first one was scrapped in 1935.
I did not know that but am sure that was the name.
Their speed would be as fast as today's cruise ships. - Tom
A really irritating presentation. I had to shut it down.
even if she lost, she turned out better than her sister, the titanic. of course, that would be hard to top.
If I remember correctly, the Lusitania was a sister to the Mauritania but was sunk because she didn’t run all of her boilers and therefore was down on speed.
Me too. Just awful, from the opening logo to the wretched music. As soon at the ship profile slowly faded onto the screen to tell me it was 787 feet long, I knew it was a stinker. I can absorb the same amount of information fifty time faster by reading it. Who in the world makes this garbage?
I suppose this is what passes for making education “fun” in elementary school.
You are correct. There was a severe coal shortage and Lusitania was ordered to run well below her top speed in order to conserve fuel.
I remember reading “Dead Wake” a while ago.
Wasn’t she zig zagging hoping to avoid German U-boats?
I think she sat right into the uboat
Zigged
Sat?
Zigged right into them.
Yep, zigged right into a torpedo......or so they say.
The only other outstanding thing I recall is the customes official looked in my suitcase, it contained toys, and everyone thought that it was hilarious.
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