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English: The Lusitania, which sailed from New York for Liverpool May 1, 1915 with 1,959 souls on board, was sunk by a German submarine on May 7, [1915] with a loss, including women and children, of 1,195.
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.
Description: American cartoonist, animator, screenwriter, science fiction writer, film producer and comics artist: Date of birth/death: circa 1867–1871
This 90-minute film is a dramatisation of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915 by a German U-boat, U-20. The Lusitania scenes were filmed with full-scale sections of the ship off the coast of South Africa while the U-20 scenes were filmed at Bavaria Studios in Munich using the then-newly refurbished 25-year-old U-boat set, studio ...
In 1967, the wreck of Lusitania was sold by the Liverpool & London War Risks Insurance Association to former US Navy diver John Light (1932–1992) for £1,000. American venture capitalist Gregg Bemis (1928–2020) became a co-owner of the wreck in 1968, and by 1982 had bought out his partners to become sole owner.
The images are the first captured of the Titan since it began its journey into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean carrying five excited passengers before imploding less than two hours later. (AP)
The bodies of the five passengers aboard the Titanic sub that was lost in a “catastrophic implosion” near the wreck may never be recovered from the floor of the Atlantic, says the US Coast Guard.
Body bags are seen being taken to the port of Porticello in the afternoon where dozens of emergency services staff wait. Searches finish for the day just before 7.30pm. – Thursday August 22