This is the story of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania and how it lit the path to war for the United States of America. Yellowstone to Yosemite: Kevin Costner speculates the reason behind Teddy ...

May 7, 1915 – The luxury liner Lusitania sinks off the coast of Ireland killing approximately 1,198 people after being torpedoed by a German submarine. February 26, 1916 – The French ship ...

RMS Lusitania was a Cunard transatlantic liner built on the Clyde,Scotland.She was 787ft long,87ft wide and weighed 31,550 tons. Her maiden vogage between Liverpool and New York was on 7 Sep 1907 ...

The sinking was a major factor that brought the United States in to the war in 1917It was one of four that drove RMS Lusitania across the Atlantic. Lusitania and her sister-ship Mauretania were ...

The current condition of the RMS Lusitania on the seafloor, 100 years after its sinking on 7 May 1915, is revealed in greater detail than ever before. The imagery provides a sense of the scale and ...

Here’s a look at major ferry and ship sinking disasters throughout history. This timeline is not-all inclusive; various incidents with at least 1,000 fatalities are listed. Death tolls vary by source.