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RMS Lusitania (named after the Roman province corresponding to modern Portugal and portions of western Spain) was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906. She was the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of her sister Mauretania three months later and was awarded the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing in 1908.
The boat manages to right itself; some of the crew suffer minor injuries. One of the few video recordings of (what might be) a rogue wave. [48] [non-primary source needed] In June 2005 a pair of rogue waves struck two participants in a fishing competition which capsized their 34-foot (10 m) boat 38 miles (33 nmi; 61 km) off Merritt Island ...
Often, in popular culture, an endangering huge wave is loosely denoted as a "rogue wave", while the case has not been established that the reported event is a rogue wave in the scientific sense – i.e. of a very different nature in characteristics as the surrounding waves in that sea state] and with a very low probability of occurrence.
The wave caused significant damage to Dyess Army Field and Freeflight International Airport. Kwajalein Atoll -- colloquially referred to as "Kwaj" by residents -- is a ring of islands in the ...
On this day, 100 years ago, the RMS Lusitania sank in just 18 minutes. Nearly 1,200 people lost their lives on May 7, 1915 when the British liner was torpedoed by a German submarine during WWI.
A four-man sailing crew injured and suffering from near hypothermia out in the Atlantic Ocean had to be rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after a "rogue wave" thrashed and tossed about their 39-foot ...
English: Side plan view of Lusitania. Locations relevant to sinking are highlighted: Forward cargo hold/magazine with war supplies, coal bunker, and boiler rooms. No. 5 boat, destroyed by vertical plume from torpedo hit is labelled. Based on File:RMS_Lusitania_deck_plans.jpg.
RMS Lusitania was a British-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915, about 11 nautical miles (20 kilometres) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland.