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RMS Lusitania 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.
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.
The Memorial Garden at the Lusitania Museum & Signal Tower Museum, Old Head. On 7 May 1915, the RMS Lusitania passenger liner was travelling from New York to Liverpool, when she was torpedoed by a German U-boat, around 18 kilometres (9 + 1 ⁄ 2 nautical miles) from the Old Head of Kinsale.
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.
Jack Doyle's grave Sinking of RMS Lusitania Memorial. The Old Church Cemetery (also known as Cobh Cemetery) is an ancient cemetery on the outskirts of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland which contains a significant number of important burials, including a number 3 mass graves and several individual graves containing the remains of 193 [1] victims of the passenger ship RMS Lusitania which ...
RMS Carpathia at Pier 54 after the RMS Titanic rescue. Most of the major trans-Atlantic liners of the day docked at the piers and they played pivotal roles in the Titanic and Lusitania disasters. The two most memorable moments for the pier were with Lusitania and Titanic. In 1912, Titanic was destined for the White Star pier 59 when she sank.
English: Map of course taken by RMS Lusitania (based on Bailey and Ryan's "The Lusitania Disaster" on final day, together with approximate course of SM U-20 (based on Room 40 minute sheet), include her last few sinkings. Additional navigational markers are shown which are mentioned in messages to Lusitania, as well as location of Queenstown ...
RMS Lusitania, before her launch on 7 June 1906. RMS Aquitania, shortly before her launch in April 1913. In the early 1900s, the company innovated marine engineering technology through the development of the Brown-Curtis turbine, which had been originally developed and patented by the U.S. company International Curtis Marine Turbine Co. These ...