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David Dow, penultimate Captain of the RMS Lusitania – left over stress and ‘false flag’ – ie. they were flying the wrong flag and doing covert operations, given what happened a month or so later is very prescient – and we still don’t know if the Lusitania was carrying more than small arms ammunition.
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Captain W.T Turner, who was captain of Cunard Liners Mauretania and Lusitania.
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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, c1907, sporstman and philanthropist. He died on the RMS Lusitania, a hero:
“Vanderbilt and his valet, Ronald Denyer, helped others into lifeboats, and then Vanderbilt gave his lifejacket to save a female passenger. Vanderbilt had promised the young mother of a small baby that he would locate an extra lifevest for her. Failing to do so, he offered her his own life vest, which he proceeded to even tie on to her himself since she was holding her infant child in her arms at the time. Many consider his actions to be very brave and gallant since he could not swim, he knew that there were no other lifevests or lifeboats available, and yet he still gave away his only chance to survive to the young mother and child….Vanderbilt’s fate was ironic as three years earlier he had made a last minute decision not to return to the U.S. on RMS Titanic [rival competitor to the Lusitania]
