The British ocean liner was torpedoed by the Germans during World War I, killing over one thousand people and changing the ...
Discover the story of the RMS Lusitania, torpedoed by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, off the coast of Ireland. The tragedy claimed nearly 1,300 lives, including 120 Americans, and helped shift U.S.
One hundred years ago on May 7, 1915, the giant British luxury passenger ship Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine U-20 and sunk as it approached England. Aboard 1,198 of 1,959 passengers and ...