LIFE, LOSS, LEGACY
Look carefully at all of the information in our exhibition to
find the answers to our questions! You will need to begin
at the end closest to the lifts.
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Start in
Liverpool’s
Lusitania
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1
Lusitania was a Liverpool
ship – what company owned her?
22When
Whendid
didLusitania
Lusitania
‘enter
‘enter 2
service’?
service’?(this
Thismeans
meansmade
made her
herfirst
firstvoyage)
voyage?
C _ _ _ _ d Line
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3Some
Some
very
very
grand
grand
people
people
travelled
travelled
onon
ships
ships
like
like
Lusitania.
Lusitania.
Find
Find
this
this
lady’s
lady’s
fan
fan
– what
– what
is is
it it
made
made
from?
from?
Draw
Draw
the
the
rest
rest
ofof
the
the
fan...
fan...
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4
Many of the rooms and
decorations on board Lusitania were incredibly
fancy! Look at the pictures of different places on the ship in the section called ‘Floating Palace’.
Imagine that you are a passenger (either First,
Second or Third Class) – how would you describe
the ship in a letter to your family?
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5Daniel
Daniel
Dow
Dow
was
was
captain
captain
ofof
Lusitania
Lusitania
many
many
times
times
– but
– but
where
where
was
was
hehe
born?
born?
Have
Have
a look
a look
atat
hishis
sea
sea
chest.
chest.What
What
dodo
you
you
think
think
hehe
kept
kept
inin
it?it?
Write
Write
oror
draw
draw
your
your
ideas!
ideas!
Blueprint image: courtesy of Ian Boumphrey
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6
William Thomas Turner was Lusitania’s captain on her last voyage and was also the most important officer in all of the Cunard Company.
But how old was he when he first went to sea?
Move into
Liverpool’s War at Sea
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Read the section called ‘Liverpool’s Front Line’ very carefully. Many ships during World War One were attacked from below the water by
S _ b m _ r _ n _ _
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2See
See
if if
you
you
can
can
spot
spot
this
this
strange
strange
creature!
creature!HeHe
comforted
comforted
hishis
frightened
frightened
owner
owner
while
while
crossing
crossing
the
the
dangerous
dangerous
ocean.
ocean.Do
Do
you
you
think
think
hehe
is is
a lion
a lion
oror
a dog?
a dog?
What
What
is is
hishis
name?
name?Try
Try
drawing
drawing
him
him
like
like
Ruth
Ruth
Merrington
Merrington
did!
did!
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9
Many ships were painted with
strange patterns, called ‘dazzle’, to
help to confuse the enemy. Find this painting of a ship having its dazzle paint put on.
Who painted this picture?
Draw your own dazzle
design on this ship
3 What was the name of the 10
commander of the German
submarine (or U boat) who
gave the order to sink Lusitania?
And what was the number of his boat?
Wal____
Sch______
U _ _
Above right: Edward Wadsworth Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool, 1919, oil on canvas, 304.8 x 243.8 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Photo © National Gallery of Canada
Move into
The Sinking of Lusitania
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11When
Whendid
didLusitania
Lusitanialeave
leaveNew
New
York
Yorkononher
herfinal
finalvoyage?
voyage?
Clue
Clue– –look
lookatatthe
theinformation
informationcalled
called
‘The
‘Thefinal
finalcrossing’
crossing’
. .
How
Howmany
manypeople
peoplewere
wereononboard?
board?
Drawing Depicting Lusitania Sinking PG7116 © Bettmann/CORBIS
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2 On 7th May 1915, a torpedo
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3 Find this tiny baby’s shoe. It has a very
struck Lusitania causing
a terrible explosion followed
quickly by a second one.
At what time did this
happen?
special story that makes it important.
Write down what happened.
How long did she take
to sink?
How do you think Joseph would have felt every time he looked
at this shoe?
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4 Take a look at this enormous ship model.
What is this ship’s name?
But she used to be called
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Cunard Line took her from Germany after the war
to replace Lusitania.
This is called
R e p _ _ _ t i o n s
5 This medallion was made by
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a German man called Karl
Goetz but he made a
mistake and put the wrong
date for Lusitania’s sinking!
She sank on 7th May 1915,
but what date is on his medallion?
6 Find the touch screen called ‘Controversy and Tragedy’ and 16
choose ‘Second Explosion’.
What are the three ideas about what caused the second explosion on Lusitania?
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ii
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7 This
Thispostcard
postcardshows
showspeople
people
getting
gettinginto
intolifeboats
lifeboatsasasthe
the
ship
shipisissinking.
sinking.
Everyone
Everyonelooks
lookscalm
calmand
and
sensible
sensible– –dodoyou
youthink
thinkthis
this
isisreally
reallywhat
whatit itwas
waslike?
like?
Why
Whyororwhy
whynot?
not?