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Was the Lusitania a legitimate target?
Munitions they found in the hold suggest that the Germans had been right all along in claiming the ship was carrying extensive war materials and that she may have arguably been a legitimate military target. The Cunard vessel, steaming from New York to Liverpool, was sunk eight miles off the Irish coast by a U-boat.
The ship’s manifest made no secret that it carried weapons in its hold, including 4,200 cases of Remington rifle cartridges and 1,250 cases of shrapnel shells and fuses.
Has the wreck of the Lusitania been found?
Last week, the Irish Ministry of Culture and Heritage confirmed that divers have recovered the main ship’s telegraph from the RMS Lusitania, the Cunard ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915. Another telegraph from the ship was recovered in October 2016. …
Was the Titanic bigger than the Lusitania?
Both British ocean liners had been the largest ships in the world when first launched (the Lusitania at 787 feet in 1906, and the Titanic at 883 feet in 1911). …
How big was Titanic compared to ships today?
Modern cruise ships are, on average, 20% longer than the Titanic and twice as high. The average Royal Caribbean cruise ship is 325 meters long, 14 decks high and has a gross tonnage of 133,000. In comparison, the Titanic was only 269 meters long, 9 decks high, and had a gross tonnage of 46,000.
Why was the sinking of the Lusitania kept secret?
Yet the truth was kept hidden in 1915 because the British government wanted to use the sinking of a non-military ship, and the loss of 1,198 lives, as an example of German ruthlessness. It was also a useful means of swaying American opinion in favour of entering the war.
How did Leslie Morton find out about the Lusitania?
Almost 100 years on, the truth about the Lusitania is revealed… Y oung Leslie Morton gazed out across the waves but heavy fog prevented him from making out the Cork coast. Suddenly, the 18-year-old ship-hand, on board the Lusitania ocean liner, noticed a trail of bubbles 500 metres away.
When did the Germans warn Americans about the Lusitania?
In early May 1915, several New York newspapers published a warning by the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., that Americans traveling on British or Allied ships in war zones did so at their own risk.
Why was Alfred Booth concerned about the Lusitania?
At about 11:00 on 7 May, the Admiralty radioed another warning to all ships, probably as a result of a request by Alfred Booth, who was concerned about Lusitania: “U-boats active in southern part of Irish Channel. Last heard of twenty miles south of Coningbeg Light Vessel”.