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The sinking of the Lusitania, that greatest of ocean tragedies, is here portrayed by a British artist from description and with the aid of survivors. The markings on the picture give the most important details. The moment chosen in when boats are pulling away with survivors.
This explosion has been used to explain the speed of Lusitania's sinking, and has been the subject of debate since the disaster, with the situation of the wreck (lying on top of the site of the torpedo hit) making obtaining definitive answers difficult. At the time, official inquiries attributed it to a second torpedo attack from the U-boat, as ...
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.
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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.
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.
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