Anniversary of Lusitania Sinking – May 7, 1915

On this day in 1915 the British ocean liner R.M.S. Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine.




RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner, holder of the Blue Riband and briefly the world's biggest ship. She was launched by the Cunard Line in 1907, at a time of fierce competition for the North Atlantic trade. In 1915 she was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, causing the deaths of 1,198 passengers and crew.




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