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
- U-Boote Kiel 1914.jpg
The German pre-war submarine fleet at harbour in Kiel. U-20 is second from left
- Lusitania warning.jpg
The official warning issued by the Imperial German Embassy about travel to the UK, appearing on 30 April next to the Lusitania voyage advertisement
- S.S. Lusitania Leaves New York City on Last Voyage.webm
Recording of Lusitania's departure from New York on her last voyage
- Last photo of Lusitania May 1 1915 (cropped).jpg
A cropped version of the last photo of the RMS Lusitania.
- Bundesarchiv Bild 134-C1831, Kapitänleutnant Walther Schwieger.jpg
Walther Schwieger, commander of U-20
- Movements of RMS Lusitania and SM U-20.svg
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
- R.M.S. Lusitania, hit by torpedos off Kinsale Head, Ireland LCCN2006677520.tif
RMS Lusitania, hit by torpedo off Kinsale Head, Ireland
- Sinking of the Lusitania London Illus News.jpg
Illustration of the sinking by Norman Wilkinson
- Black-Drawer-3-Wanderer-postcard0001.webp
The fishing boat Wanderer near Lusitania as she sank
- The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918).webm
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
