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Adam Eickholt
Member
Username: tashmoo
Post Number: 2
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 24, 2005 - 3:48 am: | 
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Hello all,
I was wondering if someone here could provide the details of Lucy’s fastest westbound and eastbound crossings. Also, I read on the “Monsters of the Sea” website that the Lusitania suffered through a period of propeller and turbine problems:
After a bad period, during which the ship had problems such as damaged propeller blades and damaged turbines, the Lusitania broke its last speed record in March 1914 on a voyage from New York to Liverpool.
Source: http://www.ocean-liners.com/ships/lusitania.asp
Does anyone have more information about these problems?
Adam |
rob scott
Member
Username: robseagull
Post Number: 46
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, February 27, 2005 - 12:55 am: |
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this right here gives a quality summary, you should enjoy reading:
http://www.greatoceanliners.net/lusitania.html
-gives details of builders, methods, propulsions, timelines, retrofits-
but, best bet might be to read The Lusitania Story, by the head of that Lusitania society ... books are more detailed than web pages ;) |
Adam Eickholt
Member
Username: tashmoo
Post Number: 3
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Monday, February 28, 2005 - 4:32 am: |
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Thanks, Rob!
Following your lead, I found the website of the authors of "The Lusitania Story" and the chronology page states:
Under Captain Dow, LUSITANIA sets her last ever speed record, achieving a personal best of 26.70 knots on a westbound voyage in March of 1914.
http://www.lusitania.net/chronology.htm
This figure, 26.70 knots, strikes me as a rather high one... it seems like it would be more than a "personal best" but an outright blue ribband winning performance. On the other hand, the site does make the claim, "There is nothing contained on this web site that has not been verified by sight of documentary evidence." Hmm.
Adam |
