She was sunk on her 202nd trans-Atlantic crossing. The Cunard Line launched her in 1906 at a time of fierce competition for the North Atlantic trade. Lusitania held the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing and was briefly the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of the Mauretania three months later. Although the Lusitania sinking was a major factor in building American support for a war, war was eventually declared only after the Imperial German Government resumed the use of unrestricted submarine warfare against American shipping in an attempt to break the Transatlantic supply chain from the US to Britain, as well as after the Zimmermann Telegram. The sinking occurred about two years before the United States declaration of war on Germany. RMS Lusitania (named after the Roman province in Western Europe corresponding to modern Portugal) was a British ocean liner that was sunk on by a German U-boat 11 miles (18 km) off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 passengers and crew. (Quadruple blade propellers installed in 1909.)ĥ52 first class, 460 second class, 1,186 third class 2,198 total.įirst ship of Cunard's four-funnelled grand trio, along with RMS Mauretania and RMS Aquitania Torpedoed by German U-boat U-20 on Friday. Liverpool to New York City via Cherbourg, France and Cork, Ireland Lusitania arriving in New York City in 1907
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