Subject: SS Hesperian
Captain Walther Schweiger
Captain Walther Schweiger of German submarine U-20, the German submarian that sank the SS Hesperian and the SS Lusitania.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0045 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
German Submarine U-20
Submarine U-20, a WW I German submarine that sank both the SS Lusitania and SS Hesperian.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0046 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
SS Hesperian Sinking
SS Hesperian sinking September 6, 1915, after being torpedoed, Postcard front, linked to 0019.0048
| Internal ID: | 0019.0047 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | September 6th 1915 |
SS Hesperian Sinking
SS Hesperian sinking September 6, 1915, after being torpedoed, Postcard front, linked to 0019.0048
| Internal ID: | 0019.0048 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | September 6th 1915 |
SS Hesperian
SS Hesperian prior to its sinking in 1915 (dated September 3, 1915). Postcard front, linked to 0019.0050.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0049 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
SS Hesperian
SS Hesperian prior to its sinking in 1915 (dated September 3, 1915). Postcard front, linked to 0019.0050.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0050 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
Hesperian Sinking
Hesperian hit by torpedo off Irish Coast, 26 passengers and crew supposed to have been lost.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0896 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 15th 1915 |
German Denial
Germany say to have proof that Hesperian was destroyed by a mine, not by one of their submarines.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0897 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 22nd 1915 |
Hesperian Sinking
Although Berlin persists none of their submarines were near Hesperian when she sunk, British presses say they have a fragment of a torpedo taken off the ship before it sunk.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0898 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 29th 1915 |
Final Tally
33 people out of 650 passengers and crew are missing after the sinking of the steamer Hesperian.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0899 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | October 13th 1915 |
Sinking of Ship
First hand account of new resident of Cranbrook of her experience on the Hesperian liner which was torpedoed by a German submarine.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0117 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | October 7th 1915 |
LaFleur Obituary
Cranbrook pioneer and social reporter for Townsman passed away three days before a community banquet was to be held in her honor.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0349 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | February 8th 1978 |
Hesperian Story
Cranbrook Couriers' social editor recalls her misadventure on the ocean liner "Hesperian", which was torpedoed at sea by a German submarine.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0352 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 26th 1973 |
