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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.
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.
Lusitania completed Christmas crossings for Mauretania, [23] carrying travellers back to New York. Mauretania was on a westbound voyage from Liverpool to New York, beginning 10 April 1912, and was docked at Queenstown , Ireland, at the time of the RMS Titanic disaster.
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]
Articles relating to the ocean liner, the RMS Lusitania. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. D. Deaths ...
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The Memorial Garden at the Lusitania Museum & Signal Tower Museum, Old Head. On 7 May 1915, the RMS Lusitania passenger liner was travelling from New York to Liverpool, when she was torpedoed by a German U-boat, around 18 kilometres (9 + 1 ⁄ 2 nautical miles) from the Old Head of Kinsale.
RMS Lusitania, before her launch on 7 June 1906. RMS Aquitania , shortly before her launch in April 1913. In the early 1900s, the company innovated marine engineering technology through the development of the Brown-Curtis turbine , which had been originally developed and patented by the U.S. company International Curtis Marine Turbine Co.