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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.
On 7 May 1915, Schwieger was responsible for the U-20 sinking passenger liner RMS Lusitania leading to the deaths of 1,199 people, an event that played a role in the United States' later entry into World War I. He also torpedoed RMS Hesperian on 4 September 1915 and SS Cymric on 8 May 1916.
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.
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.
In 1915 A German U-boat sank RMS Lusitania by torpedo, and an Admiralty inquiry brought serious charges against Turner. Winston Churchill was directly involved with the case. Turner was exonerated, but the charges haunted him for the rest of his life, and he lived in seclusion. [7]
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Sunk 5 May 1915 Earl of Lathom United Kingdom: 132 Sunk 6 May 1915 Candidate United Kingdom: 5,858 Sunk 6 May 1915 Centurion United Kingdom: 5,495 Sunk 7 May 1915 Lusitania United Kingdom: 30,396 Sunk 8 July 1915 Marion Lightbody Russia: 2,176 Sunk 9 July 1915 Ellesmere United Kingdom: 1,170 Sunk 9 July 1915 Leo Russia: 2,224 Sunk 9 July 1915 ...
Raimund Weisbach (16 September 1886 – 16 June 1970) was an officer of the Kaiserliche Marine, and a U-boat commander during the First World War.He was the torpedo officer on the German U-boat, the U-20, who saw to the preparation and firing of the torpedo that sank the RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915.