Perhaps it was that sense of having violated obligations deeper than law that so much tormented the Lusitania’s Captain Turner. He was subjected to accusations and humiliation at a casualty inquiry.

Was the sinking of the Lusitania just bad luck, or something more sinister? Her captain, William Thomas Turner, believed she would have a British naval escort into port. None appeared. The British ...

Captain Turner yelled. The engines did not respond. He ordered the helmsman to steer toward the coast of Ireland, clearly visible 12 miles away. The helm did not respond. The Lusitania was out of ...

He's kind of a captain of the old school — he referred ... One of the really amazing things about the Lusitania saga was that, at the time, there existed in the admiralty a super-secret spy ...

But Lusitania’s Captain, William Thomas Turner, nicknamed “Boller Bill,” blithely assured passengers that his ship, with a cruising speed of 25 knots, could outrun any German pursuer.

We follow the cat-and-mouse game between Lusitania captain William Thomas Turner and U-20 commander Walther Schwieger, who launches the fatal torpedo. Historical figures Winston Churchill ...

The Lusitania was thought to be immune from such ... Turner was a staunch Cunard captain of the old school who had come to Cunard after serving in the hard school of sailing vessels.

No. Well, nor did they tell Captain Turner, how was the captain of the Lusitania, nor did they tell him that any of this was known. They knew precisely the patrol zone that the submarine was going ...

A detailed retelling of the Lusitania’s final voyage and sinking, 110 years ago, through passenger stories and wartime records.

On Walther Schwieger, the captain of the German submarine — the U-20 — that sank the Lusitania I found [him] to be such an interesting character, and frankly I wouldn't be surprised if readers ...