List of ships named Lusitania explained

Numerous vessels have borne the name Lusitania, named after Lusitania, an ancient Roman province corresponding to most of modern Portugal. The most famous was:

• (launched 1906), a British ocean liner operated by the Cunard Steamship Company, that a German U-boat sank in 1915 during World War I with the loss of 1,199 lives.

Other vessels include:

• that a French frigate captured in 1813 and released, and that between 1826 and 1830 made a whaling voyage to Timor and the waters around Papua New Guinea.
• was a steamship built by John Laird at Birkenhead and launched in August 1853.^[1]
• was an Orient Steam Navigation Company ocean liner wrecked off Nova Scotia in 1901^[2]
• (built 1906), a Portuguese liner wrecked on Bellows Rock, Cape Point on 18 April 1911
• HMS Lusitania, the badly-damaged sloop, was a base ship at Horta, Azores from 1943 to 1945

Notes and References

1. Ocean Steam Navigation . 25 August 1853 . 9 . 21516 . D .
2. News: 6 December 2016. Lusitania wrecked off Newfoundland coast; Passengers numbering more than 350 escape in lifeboats. The New York Times. 27 June 1901.