Mention of the Lusitania reminded me of this article I was reading a couple of days ago:
A Sea Story
It's an account of the Estonia's last moments, she went down in the Baltic in 1994. Something like 850 died out of a total of just under a 1000 people. Harrowing, but worth a read.
A good but sad read. Incredible to see that even at times like that some were robbing others of jewellery etc
Thanks for posting that Uncle... how incredibly moving...
No doubt we are all wondering how we would react under the same circumstances....