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.

Cork marked the 109th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania during the First World War with a series of special events and ceremonies on Monday afternoon. The liner was torpedoed by a German ...

Cobh will host a solemn and dignified tribute this May as the annual Lusitania Commemoration Ceremony takes place on Sunday, May 11, marking 110 years since the tragic sinking of the RMS Lusitania off ...

On May 7, 1915, the Germany submarine (U-boat) U-20 sank the British ocean liner Lusitania. Approximately 1200 civilians died; more than 100 were U.S. citizens. In reply to President Woodrow Wilson’s ...

On May 7, 1915, the transatlantic liner RMS Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by the German Sub U-20. This year marks the 100th anniversary of this event. This ship is so important in world history, it ...

The sinking of the Lusitania would produce outrage and diplomatic protests. It would not, however, push the United States into war. Why? So King George got the answer to the question he posed to ...

May 7th, 1915. The RMS Lusitania sliced through calm Atlantic waters, unaware that German U-boat U-20 was waiting. When a ...

BLOOMINGTON — One of the pivotal events of World War I was the sinking of the British luxury liner Lusitania on May 7, 1915, when a single torpedo from a German U-boat claimed the lives of nearly ...

LONDON, Jan. 22, 1915 (UP) - The English steamer Durward, from Leith to Rotterdam, was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine yesterday, 22 miles northwest of the Bus lightship, near the mouth of the Maas, ...