RMS Lusitania

The RMS Lusitania was an ocean liner of the British Cunard Steamship Lines. Launched in 1906, the ship and its sister, Mauretania, were built to compete with the fast German liners of the time. As such, Lusitania held the Blue Riband a number of times, notably in 1907.

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RMS - Ocean liner - British - Cunard Steamship Lines - 1906 - Mauretania - Blue Riband - 1907

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The ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915, on her 202nd crossing of the Atlantic. The incident played a role in the United States' entry into World War I, with American President Woodrow Wilson, who was officially promising to keep the US out of the war, may have falsely claimed that the Lusitania was a wrongful victim, if indeed the ship had been carrying munitions as the Germans claimed.

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Torpedo - German - U-Boat - May 7 - 1915 - United States - World War I

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