The Lusitania's Last Voyage
2,325 life-jackets (125 of which were for children) and 35 life-buoys. All these were conveniently distributed on board.
The boats, the life-jackets and the life-buoys were inspected at Liverpool on the 17th of March, 1915, by the resident Board of Trade Surveyor, and again on the 15th of April, 1915, by the Board of Trade Emigration Officer. Both these gentlemen were called before me and satisfied me that the condition of the different appliances was in every way satisfactory.
The boats were also examined by the ship's carpenter at New York on the commencement of the homeward voyage on the 1st of May and found to be in good order.
The Captain, the Officers and the Crew
The Captain of the ship, Mr. William Thomas Turner, had been in the service of the Cunard Company since 1883. He had
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