A few more questions for the closet "Lucy lovers" out there.
I has assumed the port and starboeard walls of the bridge were painted white. I noticed in Ken Marchall's painting of the torpedoing, shown in "Exploring Lusitania", the side walls seemed to be painted mahogany! I further assume the bridge side walls were constructed of steel and painted. But that assumption could be in error given the fact that we are discussing designs developed in the first few years of this century. (Remember, shipbuilders and designers did not adopt new constuction materials and methods too readily. Proven materials and construction techniques were of the norm, paticularly when the company's reputation could just as easily go down with the ship!)
Another issue I would like clarified is in regards to the steering station on the bridge roof. Ken's painting very clearly show an elevated, canvas draped steering station. But in the oft reprinted photo of the Lucy at full speed off the Old Head of Kinsale as shown in Maxtone-Graham's book, "The Only Way to Cross," I faintly detected an open frame work with side uprights and sloping rafters over the steering station. It appeared to frame work similar to the one shown on the stern. I checked Warren's, Balard's, and Sauder's books-nothing conclusive. Was I up too late? Did I have too much Scotch? (That's debatable!)
Good night!
Posted on Nov 1, 1998, 9:23 PM from IP address 12.14.225.109