A German U-boat used one of it's two torpedoes to sink the ship.
The RMS Lusitania sank in the Mid-Atlantic ocean off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915 from being struck by a torpedo by a German U-boat.
The German torpedo sank the ship off of the southern coast of Ireland in May, 1915.
On May 7, 1915, the German U-20 (submarine) sank the British ocean liner Lusitania. Approximately 1,200 civilians died; more than 100 were U.S. citizens
The shift in American public pinion occured when Germany sank the Lusitania.
The SS Lusitania was sunk in 1915. The US entered WW1 when Germany resumed "un-restricted" submarine warfare in 1917.
The Situation
There was 1,985 people aboard the lusitania as the ship sank.
No. An iceberg sank the Titanic. The Germans sank the Lusitania.
No, the Lusitania set sail on May 1, 1915, while the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912.
May 7th, 1915
foods and other goods
SS Lusitania
7 May 1915
A U-boat
The Lusitania sank in the Atlantic Ocean, within sight of the western Irish coast at Kinsale.
It took around 18 minutes to sink completely.
Over 200 metres deep