7 May 1915. In other words 22 months before the U.S. declared war on Germany. It tended to swing public opinion in the U.S. against Germany but was not a cause of America's going to war.
Germany has announced unrestricted warfare against all ships flagged by an enemy power (Great Britain). The Lusitania was transporting material to support the war effort when it was sunk.
May 7th 1915 @ 2 PM
7th of May, 1915.
May 7, 1915
The Lusitania wasn't hit by a boat. It was hit by a torpedo.
The Lusitania was hit by only one torpedo. The ship had been carrying tons of live cargo, so the torpedo hit caused a huge explosion. Minutes later, a second explosion occurred, however, it was NOT from a second torpedo. Researchers think the first explosion triggered the second.
Lehman said the crew did not believe the ship would sink and thus did nothing to get the guests and themselves into life boats and off the ship
It was an enemy ship and it was carrying munitions. When it was hit by a torpedo, some of those munitions are thought to have exploded causing more damage and hastening the sinking of the ship.
That was the Lucitania.
Torpedo hit the Lusitania and it exploded . May 7th 1915 it sunk at 2:10 pm. Germans wanted everyone on the British ship wanted into war zone. Because British / US was carring amo America eventually entered WW1.
Torpedo hit the Lusitania and it exploded . May 7th 1915 it sunk at 2:10 pm. Germans wanted everyone on the British ship wanted into war zone. Because British / US was carring amo America eventually entered WW1.
It was the RMS Falaba, that went down with 104 people on 28 March, 1915. It was the first passenger ship sunk by torpedo during World War I.
The German torpedo sank the ship off of the southern coast of Ireland in May, 1915.
The Lusitania sank on May 7, 1915. At about 2:10 p.m., a torpedo from a German U-boat struck amidships, and about 18 minutes later, the Lusitania went down with great loss of life. A link can be found below.may 7,1915May 7, 1915
A torpedo is like an underwater missile about the size of a man. They are shot by submarine or placed and will exploded when touched. The Nazi used 2 to sink a ship called the Lusitania.
RMS Lusitania. Torpedoed by German U-boat U-20 on Friday 7 May 1915; with the loss of 1,198 souls of the 1,959 people aboard, leaving 761 survivors.