Product Description
This nautical HMS Lusitania 1905 Lifeboat Gimbaled Brass Compass measures 4" x 4" x 3".
This functional working compass is fully gimbaled, is made of solid brass. The lifeboat compass sits inside a solid mahogany box with a varnished finish and a painted white interior. Painted in white on the outside of the box is "HMS LUSITANIA LIFEBOAT COMPASS No 12 1905 CUNARD LINE". On the compass card is written "R. MERRILL'S SONS, NEW - YORK".
It is a faithful replica of a lifeboat compass from the Cunard Lines Ocean Liner the 1905 HMS Lusitania.
- Size: 4" length x 4" width x 3" height
- Material: Solid Brass and Mahogany
- Construction: Handmade
The RMS Lusitania was a British-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915, about 11 nautical miles off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland.
About one minute after the electrical power failed, Captain Turner gave the order to abandon ship. Water had flooded the ship's starboard longitudinal compartments, causing a 15-degree list to starboard.
Lusitania's severe starboard list complicated the launch of her lifeboats. Ten minutes after the torpedo struck, when she had slowed enough to start putting boats in the water, the lifeboats on the starboard side swung out too far to step aboard safely. While it was still possible to board the lifeboats on the port side, lowering them presented a different problem. As was typical for the period, the hull plates of Lusitania were riveted, and as the lifeboats were lowered they dragged on the inch-high rivets, which threatened to seriously damage the boats before they landed in the water. The article "Sinking of the RMS Lusitania" is part of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. HTTPS://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_RMS_Lusitania
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