When the German U-boats targeted the Lusitania with a torpedo, the ship sank more quickly than expected. Here's why that ...

In this documentary, we are going to examine the events surrounding probably the most significant sinking of a ship by a ...

The ocean liner sunk in 18 minutes, killing 1,198 – 128 of whom were Americans. PHOTOS: Lusitania Sinking: 100 Years Later The Lusitania, the premier vessel of the Cunard fleet, set sail from ...

Lusitania survivor Parry Jones told the BBC: "I don't think anybody took very much notice about this because they thought - well no nation would dare go to the point of sinking a passenger liner ...

Article continues below The sinking heightened anti-German feeling ... Merseyside Maritime Museum’s exhibition about the liner – Lusitania: Life, Loss, Legacy – is open now.

Fifteen seconds later, a massive second explosion rocked the ship again. Within a mere ... of the last lingering riddles behind the Lusitania's sinking. Sponsor Message With its historical ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about international politics, economics, and development. The British luxury passenger liner RMS Lusitania was ...

Passengers, ship crew and U-20 crew come alive from ... My parents had strong childhood memories of the Lusitania sinking. Many older baby boomers like me learned this bit of history from them.

On the 100 th anniversary of its sinking, Lusitania remains the most well-known passenger ship to be lost during World War I. However, it was not the first liner to be sunk when it was torpedoed ...

The Lusitania, writes Windchy, was “refitted as a cargo ship with hidden compartments ... as they would in 1917 with the sinking of U.S. merchant ships in similar waters. Had Wilson publicly ...