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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.
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.
People who died in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Deaths on the Lusitania . Pages in category "Deaths on the RMS Lusitania "
On 1 February 1915, he attacked the hospital ship HMHS Asturias, but the attack failed. 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 .
At around 1230 hrs, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Folkestone Gate, Anglia struck a mine. The nearby torpedo gunboat HMS Hazard helped evacuate the passengers and crew. Despite the assistance of the nearby collier Lusitania 134 people were lost. [14] [15] 134 Navy 1914 Germany
In the autumn of 1916, over a year after the sinking of Lusitania, Turner was appointed relieving master of the Cunard Line vessel Ivernia, which The British government had chartered as a troopship. On 1 January 1917, a German U-boat torpedoed the ship in the Mediterranean off the Greek coast, with 2,400 troops aboard.
Following the sinking of the RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915 and ... During the First World War, many ... 4,250 died in captivity. [131] Although many were in a poor ...
Thirty-one persons were killed. Capt. Parfitt was among the survivors. [3] Oceanic: Lost on 8 September 1914, ran aground. RMS Oceanic was one of the rescue vessels that retrieved bodies from the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. Olympic: Rammed U-103 on 12 May 1918, the only known incident in World War I in which a merchant vessel sank an ...