Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
At 2:10 pm WET time zone May 7th 1915, a German U-Boat (U-20) hit the Lusitania between the third and fourth funnels at the starboard side causing it to sink. And at 2:28 pm WET time zone, the Lusitania ship fully sank into the water. 1,197 people died on board and 763 people survived on board. The route is from New York City to Liverpool. The sinking time is around 18 minutes, and the wreck is somewhere near Ireland. And the wreck is 93 metres below sea level. The ship carried 1,960 people on board. 2 years later, this also caused USA to join World War I on allied side.
Sinking Of The RMS Lusitania Media
The German pre-war submarine fleet at harbour in Kiel. U-20 is second from left
The official warning issued by the Imperial German Embassy about travel to the UK, appearing on 30 April next to the Lusitania voyage advertisement
Recording of Lusitania's departure from New York on her last voyage
A cropped version of the last photo of the RMS Lusitania.
Walther Schwieger, commander of U-20
Map showing the movements of RMS Lusitania and U-20 prior to the sinking of the former. Marked are ships sunk by U-20 on 6 and 7 May and key geographic points.[1]
British Ships of the First World War*HMS JUNO
RMS Lusitania, hit by torpedo off Kinsale Head, Ireland
Illustration of the sinking by Norman Wilkinson
The fishing boat Wanderer near Lusitania as she sank
American cartoonist Winsor McCay spent nearly two years making The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918), at the time the longest animated film, and the oldest existing animated documentary
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