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Show The Tuscania, Fifth Cunard LinerTorpedoed . - " . - . i . :'. . . a I ' ... . ? .' 7;:;.; ' ' - 1 i "' 'A 1 1 '. : 1 j ; - " .... . .... . i""l-''-V ':vrf THE Tu'ani;i vch a Britih pas-'MiU'T anl freight ?tr;inirhip of 1 1..". i S tnUS rn"S rc'iTr. fJic wu built Ht (JI.oiv in I'M 1, nm was ownM by t h . Anchor line. Tlic la-1 i. j-.rl of hr Tn-anla v;ip her ar!:ll at an AMntitic -firt .fa nu:t ry 17, lat . The Tuvaria daring In r .iavs n a p3'ticr liner wa.-i uue of th1: lc-t O'j u i j j o -1 v.'.v.'ls in lhe trans-Atbntic trans-Atbntic fcr ire. She ma'io her ma i-ien vo ace i n 1 ''-t'ruan.', 1 1 1 and f tr i lime w a i in 1 1: ; tv ice of tbe liriti-h admiralty, Imt lat.-r a restored to her owner- fur repy-ar repy-ar service. She ."'17 fee lor;; with a t t - foot Warn and waa cy.n pe, to carry t pa-eners in cabin ind .t crape a . cm mo ia: iotir. The b':' had twin -T'-w j n . I a f-perd of ;ib.ijt eighteen 1; not-. n several sev-eral nfcH -don; Mih.'ft I he war be pan -h w : .f oi'iet 'f t'trjx-dn at-la.k, at-la.k, but manaped lo escape thriniph hcr vjf.J. y'-i'-fed ly d"'-len-e puii-.. For 'ini' time tiir T"-cania ha 1-ecii under iliai'er t the t'onnid line and ':c is the fifth bi e-rl of the i una rd ontpa ny InM si ne the war b'V.(. A 1 h i prior t J a n : i a r y 1 of the pre -en t ear t here were in ore than J"i.ifMi A:n'ric;iij troops in rru::' a' e.-.r.iinL' to the Matemon t n.a ic bv Sc.-retary of at liaker, th' Tuscania ws tiie fimt transport to he torpetioed on the voyage f-om an American port to Kran- e. Sc. -era American tran-pnrt. however, hare ben torjc loe i on the return journey, a:"t(,r having debarked When the Tuscania wan fir.-t put into rvjee hT appointments for f i rt cabin pa.--'in2'r J. of vhoti she emiM i:a;r.' v. ere sumptu ous. Thi paneling of her main i lounge room wai in f!ie wood;, inlaid in-laid with 3 line of sycamore. The floors were of polirhed oak. A vpranda, cafe and gymna-ium, ! smoking room-, diniug salons, and a novel stom of heating and ventilation ven-tilation were features of the npw liner. The first and second" elass staterooms were ?it-:ated on the bridge deck and shelter d--k amidships amid-ships and were large in r-ize and well furnished. It i probable, however, in view of the exigencies of the situation tii at tiie steamer had been stripped of mo.-t of her luxurious fittinas in or!er to take ;is great a number of troops a pf-v;b!e on each vovacc. |