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The SS Lusitania
On May 7, 1915 the American ship, the Lusitania, was sunk off the coast of Ireland. The ship was sunk by a German submarine; the event caused the death of 1198 people, 138 being Americans.
The Lusitania was a British ship which was sunk by a German submarine on May 7, 1915
luisitania
In 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania was torpedoed by a German u-boat (submarine) and sunk because the central powers believed the ship was being utilized to transport contraband (war materials) to the United Kingdom.
the British passenger ship called the Lusitania was sunk by a German u-boat on May 7, 1915 a couple months after Germany warned that any ship venturing through the 'war zone' would be sunk. The ship contained approximately 1200 passengers and of that 1200 passengers 128 were Americans. The British steamship Falaba was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on March 28, 1915, the date specified in the question, and slightly earlier than the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7, 1915.
Lusitania, sunk by a U boat in 1915
7th May 1915, the Lusitania, 1,924 people died
Old Answer: Lusitania was the ship that was sunk in World War 1 on the 1st May 1915, but I don't know about World War 2. New Answer: The Athenia was sunk by the German's in 1939.
The British ship sunk in 1915 with Americans on board was the RMS Lusitania. It was torpedoed by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, off the coast of Ireland. The attack resulted in the deaths of 1,198 passengers, including 128 Americans, and played a significant role in shifting public opinion in the United States against Germany during World War I.
the Lusitania was sunk by Germany in 1915
The RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat on 7 May 1915. The sinking was one of the catalysts for the United States entry into World War I.