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Bookmark or Share- Sinking of the RMS Lusitania - WikipediaSinking of RMS Lusitania on a map of Ireland. The 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 | History, Sinking, Facts, & Significance | BritannicaThe British ocean liner Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915. The Lusitania, which was owned by the Cunard Line, was built to compete for the highly lucrative transatlantic passenger trade. Construction began in 1904, and, after completion of the hull and main superstructure, the Lusitania was launched on June 7, 1906.
- RMS Lusitania - WikipediaRMS Lusitania (named after the Roman province corresponding to modern Portugal) was an ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906. She was the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of the Mauretania three months later and was awarded the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing in 1908.
- Lusitania - Definition, Sinking & WWI - HISTORYOn May 7, 1915, less than a year after World War I (1914-18) erupted across Europe, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to...
- Remembering the Sinking of RMS Lusitania | HISTORYKnown as the “Greyhounds of the Seas,” Lusitania and its sister ship, Mauretania, were the fastest passenger liners of their age, capable of crossing the Atlantic Ocean in under five days.
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