Why was the Lusitania torpedoed?

Answer 1

The Lusitania was sunk because the Germans thought that it was carring more than just passengers. The Germans thought that Great Britain were smuggling in weapons to help them fight the war. There were American passengers on the ship and when the Germans sunk it that pushed USA sentiment towards anti-germanism

Answer 2

There isn't a confirmed reason, but it is widly believed that it was due to the fact that Germany wanted to provoke war, and the U-Boat captain was convinced that the Lusitania was carrying armaments from America to Britain, which evidence suggests it was.

Answer 3

the R.M.S Lusitania was one of the fastest ocean liners in the world and caught the blue ribbon but when World War 1 came the U-Boats put a boarder in the Atlantic and if they crossed they were allied to destruction. but on May 7th 1915 the U-20 spotted a large four stacker and torpedoed her because they think that the Lusitania was carrying munitions to the admiralty so in that case the Germans put her as a target even that it was carrying civilians this is why in eyewitness accounts on board heard and felt a second bigger explosion which probably doomed her and made her sink faster. this caused a large loss of life which shocked the world and brought America into the war

Answer 4

Because when the ship had gone into the blockade zone around Germany, they torpedoed the ship killing 128 Americans. The captain was the only Survivor.

Answer 5

The Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine.