Memorial

Lusitania Propeller

The propellor

1/2

Current Location

North of the Museum, near the Pier Head, Merseyside Maritime Museum, Dockside, Albert Dock, Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 4AQ, England

SJ 34055 89828

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Type of Memorial: Other memorial
WMR Reference Number: 52404
Description: Four-bladed ship's propeller mounted upwards, with a perspex interpretative board nearby.
Inscription: Current board's description: Lusitania Propeller, 1909/ This propeller was one of four from the Liverpool based passenger liner/ RMS Lusitania (1907). She sailed between Liverpool and New York until she/ was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 on 7 May 1915 with the loss/ of 1203 lives./ .... Earlier board's description: PROPELLOR FROM LUSITANIA/THIS IS ONE OF THE FOUR PROPELLORS FROM THE FAMOUS/1907 CUNARD PASSENGER LINER LUSITANIA/THE 790 FEET LONG (241 METRES) LUSITANIA WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK/BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE OFF SOUTHERN IRELAND IN MAY 1915 WHILE/RETURNING TO LIVERPOOL FROM NEW YORK. THIS INCIDENT CAUSED THE/LOSS OF 1201 LIVES AND PROBABLY INFLUENCED THE AMERICAN DECISION/TO ENTER THE FIRT WORLD WAR. \LUSITANIA WAS ALMOST TWICE AS LONG AS/THE DRY DOCKS TO YOUR LEFT! .THESE 23 TON FOUR BLADED PROPELLORS ROTATED AT THREE TIMES A/SECOND AND DROVE THE SHIP ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AT OVER 26 KNOTS (ABOUT 30 MPH). THE FOUR BLADED PROPELLORS WERE FITTED IN 1909 AS/REPLACEMENTS FOR THE ORIGINAL THREE BLADED PROPELLORS, AND THEY/GAVE ALMOST AN EXTRA KNOT OF SPEED. IT HAS A CAST IRON STEEL CONE AND THE/BLADES SHOW CLEAR SIGNS OF WEAR FROM YEARS OF SERVICE AND YEARS ON/THE OCEAN BED. IT WAS SALVAGED FROM THE WRECK IN 1982, AND RESCUED/BY THE MUSEUM IN 1989.

Plaque

Condition: Good

Memorial

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good