the Lusitania miracle page 1 by ric gustafson
Captain William Thomas Turner smiled as he studied the huge liner. The Cunard liner was in a slip at Pier 54. The 44,000 ton ship was set to leave it's Hudson River berth on Sat May 1.
A worker walked by the captain. " It's a beautiful ship".
Captain Turner grinned. " Yes it is".
The huge liner used a lot of coal each day. It needed 1,000 tons a day just to run the ship. His ship was a passenger liner with the hull of a battleship.
Captain William Thomas Turner was born in 1856. His father was a sea captain. Turner started out as a cabin boy on a sailing ship. Over the course of two decades, Turner went from third officer to the command of his own ship the Aleppo in 1903. The ship was built for speed.
Captain Turner smiled. It was a beautiful ship.
research help: ' Dead Wake' by Erik Larson
Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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