The Lusitania left New York for Liverpool, England. It was World War I and German subs were on the prowl, but German sub U-20, captained by a Walther Schweeger, was secretly being tracked by the ...

Nearly 100 years ago, a German U-boat fired a single torpedo into the hull of the RMS Lusitania, a hulking ship with record-breaking speed that was carrying nearly 2,000 people from New York City ...

BLOOMINGTON — One of the pivotal events of World War I was the sinking of the British luxury liner Lusitania on May 7, 1915, when a single torpedo from a German U-boat claimed the lives of ...

Panelists examined the wartime role of the sinking of the Lusitania, the worldwide reaction to the tragedy, and its impact on American public opinion about the war. On May 7, 1915, the RMS ...

The Lusitania in 1910. Getty Cork marked the 109th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania during the First World War with a series of special events and ceremonies on Monday afternoon.

May 7, 2015 May 7, 1915: The Lusitania Sinks, Killing Over 1,000 Civilians “The torpedo that sank the Lusitania also sank Germany in the opinion of mankind.” ...