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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.
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.
Such cases are prominent on deep-water shipwrecks, such as RMS Titanic (sank 1912), RMS Lusitania (sank 1915), and German battleship Bismarck (sank 1941). However, there are some exceptions; RMS Empress of Ireland (sank 1914) lies in the saltwater portion of the St. Lawrence River , but is still in remarkably good condition.
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.
Pictures taken of the wreck by navy divers last year show the wreck is still perfectly preserved, despite lying on the ocean’s floor for more than three centuries.
The first Titanic dive in 14 years found that the ship is being “consumed” by the ocean.
Now, new photos taken this summer show that the view has changed dramatically. In the years since the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912, we have become familiar with haunting images of ...