A ship booked to capacity, that would carry 2,000 souls from Liverpool to New York, awaited its voyage across the Atlantic. It has lasted 10 months, thus far, longer than anyone has expected. This ship, of such great size, reached its great speed of 26 knots making it the fastest civilian vessel. The only faster ship was Britain's Queen Elizabeth and this was a battleship. This ship had become an object of National pride. One paper reported, if there was ever a need of another Noah’s ark, they could use the Lusitania for it was said that it could have fit two of every kind of animal. From the beginning of this ship’s creation, it required much attention. One problem was how fast the lightbulbs failed and the boat contained six thousand lamps.
