On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat sank the British liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing nearly 1,200 people.

More than a century after its destruction, the mention of the Lusitania still evokes a shudder. With a loss of 1,201 lives, it remains among the world’s deadliest — and most influential — shipwrecks.

RMS Lusitania was a Cunard transatlantic liner built on the Clyde,Scotland.She was 787ft long,87ft wide and weighed 31,550 tons. Her maiden vogage between Liverpool and New York was on 7 Sep 1907 ...

Bulletin -- Lusitania torpedoed and sunk off Irish coast LIVERPOOL, May 7, 1915 (UP) - The Cunard liner Lusitania with a heavy passenger list of Americans, was torpedoed and sunk off the Irish ...

When German U-boat Commander Walther Schwieger ordered a torpedo strike on the Lusitania, he didn't know it would be the shot that eventually led the U.S. into WWI. But it wasn't a mistake ...

The current condition of the RMS Lusitania on the seafloor, 100 years after its sinking on 7 May 1915, is revealed in greater detail than ever before. The imagery provides a sense of the scale and ...

A Kinsale-based heritage group has received planning permission from Cork County Council for a new museum to commemorate the Lusitania. The Old Head Signal Tower Heritage CLC has gotten the green ...

This is an exact replica of the medal designed in Germany to commemorate the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915. RMS Lusitania was an ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line and built on the Clyde.

Bulletin -- Lusitania torpedoed and sunk off Irish coast LIVERPOOL, May 7, 1915 (UP) - The Cunard liner Lusitania with a heavy passenger list of Americans, was torpedoed and sunk off the Irish ...