On May 7th, 1915 the Cunard luxury liner Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Ireland. 20 year old wireless operator David McCormick stopped to take some photos of the scene and his ...
On May 7, 1915, the RMS Lusitania was nearing the Irish coast when a German U-boat fired a single torpedo. Within 18 minutes, the ship had sunk, leaving over a thousand dead and just over 700 ...
One hundred years ago on May 7, 1915, the giant British luxury passenger ship Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine U-20 and sunk as it approached England. Aboard 1,198 of 1,959 passengers and ...
Cobh will host a solemn and dignified tribute this May as the annual Lusitania Commemoration Ceremony takes place on Sunday, May 11, marking 110 years since the tragic sinking of the RMS Lusitania off ...
On May 7, 1915, the Germany submarine (U-boat) U-20 sank the British ocean liner Lusitania. Approximately 1200 civilians died; more than 100 were U.S. citizens. In reply to President Woodrow Wilson’s ...