See a montage of the steamers Umbria and Etruria, Cunard record breakers built in 1884. Rostron sailed in Umbria on his first voyages with the company at the beginning of 1895, and made many crossings in Etruria as both a junior and senior deck officer. Some of the images clearly show these ships’ completely open bridges, a necessity for working the auxiliary sails, but one that left the deck watch totally exposed to the Atlantic’s ferocity.
