A pocket watch belonging to the captain of the ill-fated Lusitania has been donated to Merseyside Maritime Museum. It has come from the family of Captain William Turner, who survived when the ...

One hundred years ago, 128 Americans died among more than a thousand in the sinking of what was then the greatest ocean liner in the world. In response, the U.S. entered World War I. That's the story ...

A BEAUTIFUL gold pocket watch belonging to the captain of the Lusitania was donated to Merseyside Maritime Museum. The timepiece will be displayed in the Titanic, Lusitania and the Forgotten Empress ...

NEW YORK — Erik Larson, who's made a career out of turning history into best sellers that read as urgently as thrillers, is sitting comfortably in his bright, quiet, luxurious apartment overlooking ...

This spring is the 100th anniversary of one of the most notorious maritime tragedies in history – but there is probably a lot you didn’t know about the sinking of the Lusitania. As World War I was ...

Liverpool-born Commander William Turner OBE stayed on the liner until the last minute after it was struck by a U-boat torpedo off the south coast in May 1915. He was later rescued from the water. Of ...

She was once the largest ocean liner in the world and her sinking by a German U-boat - 100 years ago to the day - sent shockwaves across the globe as 1,201 passengers and crew lost their lives. This ...