She was torpedoed on May 7 1915 and sank within eighteen minutes.
One of the most notorious instances of a German submarine sinking a passenger ship was the sinking of the RMS Lusitania on May 7, 1915. The Lusitania was a British ocean liner that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland during World War I, resulting in the deaths of over 1,100 passengers and crew. The sinking of the Lusitania contributed to the eventual entry of the United States into the war.
Off the coast of Southern Ireland
It was about 11 miles or 18 kilometres off the south coast of Ireland.
Yes. The Lusitania was torpedoed by one of the World War 1 submarine before in the middle of the war. It did sink during World War 1 and also, this brings the USA into the war in the year 1917.
Three years after Titanic sank, in 1915, Lusitania was torpedoed off the coast of Ireland.
No. Lusitania did not have a crash, she was torpedoed near Ireland.
She was torpedoed on May 7 1915 and sank within eighteen minutes.
The act that happened on May 7, 1915, was the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. The British ocean liner was torpedoed by Germany off the coast of Ireland.
One of the most notorious instances of a German submarine sinking a passenger ship was the sinking of the RMS Lusitania on May 7, 1915. The Lusitania was a British ocean liner that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland during World War I, resulting in the deaths of over 1,100 passengers and crew. The sinking of the Lusitania contributed to the eventual entry of the United States into the war.
Off the coast of Southern Ireland
The Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915.
It was about 11 miles or 18 kilometres off the south coast of Ireland.
On the 7th of May 1915.
Principally the Imperial German Navy and the Royal Navy - both enormous forces at the time. Submarines and anti-submarine warfare were still in their infancy in WW1, but it was a German submarine that torpedoed the liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland.
Yes. The Lusitania was torpedoed by one of the World War 1 submarine before in the middle of the war. It did sink during World War 1 and also, this brings the USA into the war in the year 1917.
The German torpedo sank the ship off of the southern coast of Ireland in May, 1915.