Lusitania
Essay title: Lusitania
The Lusitania was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 on May 7, 1915.
1198 people died of a total of 1959 people on the boat.
The ship sunk in 18 minutes.
Second most famous passenger liner after the Titanic.
It was destroyed 8 miles from the coast of Old head of Kinsale, Ireland.
Built by John Brown and company of Clydebank, Scotland.
First Launched Thursday, June 7, 1906.
After the Sinking of Lusitania the U.S threatened war.
The Lusitania was destroyed in the same was as the Titanic as they could not pull the boats into the sea and water kept rushing into the hull through the front where the torpedo hit as the boat couldn’t be stopped.The Lusitania was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 on May 7, 1915.
1198 people died of a total of 1959 people on the boat.
The ship sunk in 18 minutes.
Second most famous passenger liner after the Titanic.
It was destroyed 8 miles from the coast of Old head of Kinsale, Ireland.
Built by John Brown and company of Clydebank, Scotland.
First Launched Thursday, June 7, 1906.
After the Sinking of Lusitania