Alexandra RoseHer paternal grandfather, Harry Gable, had served for some time on the famous Cunard/White Star Line ocean greyhound Aquitania, sister ship to the Mauretania and the ill-fated Lusitania, sunk by a torpedo from a German U-Boat in 1915, an act that had a direct bearing on the entry of the United States into World War One. Harry had been an Assistant Purser on the liner towards the end of her long service, and Sam had spent many hours as a little girl, sitting on her Grandad"s knee, looking at his old photograph albums, filled with black and white photos of the ship and her officers and men, as well as some of the passengers who"d graced her cabins and staterooms over the years. Before the amalgamation of the Cunard and White Star Lines, a fierce rivalry had existed between the
