RMS Lusitania

191593 mPassenger liner

LocationOff Ireland

Year1915

Depth93 m

Size44,060 GRT

TypePassenger liner

About RMS Lusitania

Torpedoed by a German U-boat, killing 1,198 of 1,959 aboard. Helped bring the US into WWI. The second explosion remains debated - was it munitions cargo? Found in 1935. The wreck is collapsing.

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