Lusitania telegraph machine recovered

One of the telegraph machines from the Lusitania has been recovered from the ocean floor off the Cork coast.

Diver Eoin McGarry, working under licence from Heritage Minister Heather Humphreys, raised the telegraph from the seabed on Saturday morning. Mr McGarry has dived on the wreck of the RMS Lusitania for over 15 years — more than anyone else alive.

The wreck of the ship, which was sunk by a torpedo from a German U-boat off the Head of Kinsale in 1915 is owned by Greg Bemis.