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∙ 7y agoGermany 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.
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∙ 14y agoMay 7th 1915 @ 2 PM
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∙ 15y ago7th of May, 1915.
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∙ 14y agoMay 7, 1915
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What kind of boat hit lusitania?
The Lusitania wasn't hit by a boat. It was hit by a torpedo.
What is the amount of torpedoes the lusitania was hit by?
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.
What mistake did Isaac Lehman feel the crew made after the torpedo hit the Lusitania?
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
Why did Germany sank the Lusitania off southern coast of Ireland?
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.
What was the name of the cruise ship that go hit by a torpedo?
That was the Lucitania.
What was one of the effect that resulted from the sinking of the Lusitania?
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.
What was the one of the effects that resulted from the sinking of the lusitania?
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.
What ship was torpedoed that caused the US to enter World War I?
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.
German U-boat sinks the Lusitania?
The German torpedo sank the ship off of the southern coast of Ireland in May, 1915.
When did the Lusitania sink?
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
What is a torpedeo?
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.
British ship carrying American passengers that was sunk by a German torpedo?
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.
