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8 de mar. de 2017 · On May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania was en route from New York City to Liverpool, England when it was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat. Over 1100 civilians died as a result of this attack, including more than 120 American citizens. This defining moment would later prove to be the impetus which eventually convinced United ...
RMS Lusitania. Born out of a collaboration between Cunard and the British government, the Lusitania was the first response to the large and fast four funneled German liners, SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, SS Kronprinz Wilhelm, and the SS Deutschland. Cunard set out to crush the competition. With a dream of having two fast liners and a third ...
Le nom du RMS Lusitania vient de celui de la Lusitanie, ancienne province romaine qui correspond à notre Portugal actuel. Son torpillage par le sous-marin allemand U-20, le 7 mai 1915, au large de l’Irlande, avec plus de mille deux cents passagers (dont près de deux cents Américains) et un chargement secret de munitions, joue un rôle important dans l’hostilité de plus en plus forte ...
2 de ene. de 2020 · The sinking of RMS Lusitania occurred on May 7, 1915, during World War I (1914-1918). A noteworthy Cunard liner, RMS Lusitania was torpedoed off the Irish coast by Captain Lieutenant Walther Schwieger's U-20.Sinking quickly, the loss of the Lusitania claimed the lives of 1,198 passengers. Schwieger's actions caused international outrage and turned public opinion in many neutral nations against ...
More Facts. Maiden voyage: Liverpool, England – New York, USA, 7 – 13 September 1907. Round trip voyages: 101 (202 crossings) Length of career: 7 yrs, 9 months. Lusitania ’s Parsons turbine engines were 25 feet long with 12 ft diameter rotors. Lusitania ’s counter-balanced rudder weighed 56 tons.
The Lusitania Story was updated and re-published in 2015, to commemorate the Centenary of the sinking. Click HERE for details. As many of you may already know, we sadly said a final "Goodbye" to Gregg Bemis in 2021. Gregg wrote the forewords to both versions of The Lusitania Story and was a staunch supporter of our work, both the books and this ongoing website.
RMS Lusitania adalah kapal penumpang milik perusahaan Cunard Steamship Line Shipping Company, sebuah perusahaan Britania Raya. Kapal ini dibangun oleh John Brown and Company sebuah perusahaan dari Clydebank, Skotlandia. Lusitania diluncurkan pada 6 Juni 1906 dan merupakan prototipe dari kelasnya.
