Glenua Sailing Centre
Winter Lecture 2015/16 Series
The Sinking of the Lusitania
An Illustrated Lecture by
Cormac F. Lowth
Thursday 1 October 2015
20:00
Poolbeg Yacht & Boat Club
Ringsend
Entry €5
(in aid of RNLI)
Cormac Lowth is a well-known as a superb researcher, lecturer and writer on many aspects of Irish
maritime History. This lecture will examine, with many rare images of her interior, various aspects of the
Lusitania focusing on the innovative nature of her construction and prominence as a luxury
Trans-Atlantic passenger liner.
Cormac will also delve into the mysteries surrounding the last fateful voyage of the Lusitania from New
York to include the alleged cargo of the ship, the activities of British Naval Intelligence and the
involvement of ‘Room 40’ in breaking German codes, the German U-20 torpedo attack on the Lusitania
and the massive second explosion that sank the ship.
He will then describe the rescue of the survivors, the propaganda campaign that followed the sinking
and the tragic aftermath, when, despite an inquest, an official enquiry, various salvage attempts and
diving investigations of the wreck, conspiracy theories and rumours abound right up to 2015, a hundred
years later.
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Glenua Sailing Centre
Winter Lecture 2015/16 Series
The Sinking of the Lusitania
An Illustrated Lecture by
Cormac F. Lowth
Thursday 1 October 2015
20:00
Poolbeg Yacht & Boat Club
Ringsend
Entry €5
(in aid of RNLI)
Cormac Lowth is a well-known as a superb researcher, lecturer and writer on many aspects of Irish
maritime History. This lecture will examine, with many rare images of her interior, various aspects of the
Lusitania focusing on the innovative nature of her construction and prominence as a luxury
Trans-Atlantic passenger liner.
Cormac will also delve into the mysteries surrounding the last fateful voyage of the Lusitania from New
York to include the alleged cargo of the ship, the activities of British Naval Intelligence and the
involvement of ‘Room 40’ in breaking German codes, the German U-20 torpedo attack on the Lusitania
and the massive second explosion that sank the ship.
He will then describe the rescue of the survivors, the propaganda campaign that followed the sinking
and the tragic aftermath, when, despite an inquest, an official enquiry, various salvage attempts and
diving investigations of the wreck, conspiracy theories and rumours abound right up to 2015, a hundred
years later.