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The Lusitania's Last Voyage
Charles Lauriat
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Then I admit that I saw the hopelessness of ever clearing the for’ard davit in time to get the boat away, so I stepped out and made a try for it by swimming. I spoke to several and urged them to come; but truly they were petrified, and only my training from boyhood up, in the water and under it, gave me the courage to jump. I swam about 100 feet away from the ship and then turned around to see if anyone was following to whom I could lend a hand, and found several who needed encouragement. Also I wanted to see when the final plunge of the steamer came, that I might be the more ready to fight against the vortex and tell the others. The Lusitania did not go down anything like head first: she had, rather, settled along{19} her whole water line. This convinces me that practically all the por. . . Read More
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This short little book is very informative on the sinking of the Lusitania written by a survivor. A subject matter I previously knew nothing about.
The Lusitania’s Last Voyage by Charles E. Lauriat Jr. is a survivor’s account of the sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-boat. It happened so fast, which the foreword tries to impress upon the reader—20 minutes and it was gone. Lifeboats weren’t launched properly, people weren’t wearing their lif
This was a good read for sure. Another perspective , one from someone who was there. Riveting story , well told with many details.
I read this as a follow up to Erik Larson’s “Dead Wake”.
Part 1 was good and the others less so.
Lauriat was one of the passengers on the Lusitania when it was torpedoed. This book is his personal account of what happened, and he claims the official report was a lot of bunk that covered up the incompetence of the captain.
After being hit, the captain refused to lower the lifeboats, claiming the
Picked up as supplemental reading in addition to Larson’s “Dead Wake.” This was a much shorter account but one that laid out the same details in a clear and concise way. I was surprised however that he glossed over the fact that the original Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carroll” was lost wit