Destination Disaster: SS City of Benares

The City of Benares was to become part of a special program that would carry children away from war torn Britain. Built in 1936 in Glasgow she was a beautiful ship and for children leaving, in some cases, the rubble …

“Torpedoes coming on the starboard side!”: Last Voyage of the Lusitania

What in the world is a Lusitania? Chances are the average person has only read about the RMS Lusitania in that small section of World War I in their high school history textbook. Actually there was more to the story …