Lusitania's Dining Room

[Vitezslav Ivicic]

I have heard that Lusitania or Mauretania (I can not remember which one it was) have had a beautiful dining room in Louis XVI. style on two storeys. Does anybody have picture of the dining room?

Thank you,
Vitezslav

 

[Trevor Powell]

Here are images of the Lusitania's dining saloon. The main floor was used for dining meals, and on the balcony passengers could sip tea and eat pastry desserts while listening to the band perform after dinner.

 

[Vitezslav Ivicic]

Thank you very much! It looks more like a palace than a ship!

Regards
Vitezslav

 

[Trevor Powell]

Your very welcome Vitezslav. Yes, I agree it was more like a palace. IMO it was the most splendid dining room afloat. Such a shame it no longer exists....

 

[João Carlos Pereira Martins]

I would like to know if the dinners aboard the Lusitania had the same glamour as the Titanic's.

João

 

[Mike Poirier]

I think so Joao. Some of the first class diners were eating squab for lunch when the ship was struck. I think glamour was added more in the late 20s and early 1930s with Sir James Charles of Cunard ordering scenes of battle re-created on his chefs culinary masterpieces or two foot high souffles with pink spun sugar and glazed strawberries.

 

[Nick Lavenice]

I have an additional question about the floor of the 1st Class Dining Room. Now I know there is carpeting in the alleyways-- between the tables, but I wasn't sure what the actual floor was made of. I'm going to guess it was wood because in some pictures you can see a wood design, but I wanted to know if anyone could confirm that...
Thanks!

Nick