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RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner, holder of the Blue Riband and briefly the world's biggest ship. She was launched by the Cunard Line in 1907, at a time of fierce competition for the North Atlantic trade. In 1915 she was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, causing the deaths of 1,198 passengers.

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  • RMS Lusitania
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  • RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner, holder of the Blue Riband and briefly the world's biggest ship. She was launched by the Cunard Line in 1907, at a time of fierce competition for the North Atlantic trade. In 1915 she was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, causing the deaths of 1,198 passengers.
  • Someone add a photo of Lusitania to this page The RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner that sailed for the British/American shipping company, Cunard Line. She was launched in 1906 2 months before her younger sister Mauretania. She made her maiden voyage in 1907, many ads were posted about her and the Mauretania mostly saying, Cunard's super-liners : Lusitania, Mauretania. In 1911, she participated in the Hudson Fulton Celebration. Lusitania was sunk on May 7, 1915 from a single torpedo from U-20, this was one of the mass murders that caused America to join the war with Britain. The wreck was discovered between 1970 and 1975 right around the same time of HMHS Britannic's discovery, Lusitania was found in really bad shape and her decks, masts, funnels, lifeboats, etc. we're all gone, she
  • German shipping lines were aggressive competitors in the transatlantic trade, and Cunard responded by trying to outdo them in speed, capacity and luxury. Lusitania and her running mate Mauretania were fitted with revolutionary new turbine engines, able to maintain a service speed of 25 knots. Equipped with lifts, wireless telegraph and electric light, they provided 50% more passenger space than any other ship, and the first class decks were noted for their sumptuous furnishings.
  • The RMS Lusitania was an ocean liner torpedoed by the U-20 on 7 May 1915. This act helped provoke the United States into entering World War I two years later. One of the people killed onboard was a petty criminal named Eric Charles Vincent. The cabins on board the R101 reminded the Eighth Doctor of the Lusitania. (AUDIO: Storm Warning)
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service speed
  • 25(xsd:integer)
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  • 2(xsd:integer)
Picture
  • Lusitania Photo.jpg
homeport
  • Clydebank, Scotland
Status
  • Partially-collapsed wreck
Launched
  • 1906-06-07(xsd:date)
Displacement
  • 44060(xsd:integer)
Registry
  • Liverpool
Nickname
  • Lucy
Name
  • RMS Lusitania
Caption
  • Lusitania at the end of the first leg of her maiden voyage, New York City, September 1907.
Fate
  • --05-07
fullwidth
  • 1615(xsd:integer)
Height
  • 280(xsd:integer)
  • to boat deck, to aerials
Title
  • Holder of the Blue Riband
  • Atlantic Eastbound Record
fullheight
  • 420(xsd:integer)
Operator
  • Cunard Line
Honours
  • Won the Blue Ribbon a couple of times
Laid Down
  • 1904-08-17(xsd:date)
Years
  • 1907(xsd:integer)
maiden
  • 1907-09-07(xsd:date)
Beam
  • 87.0
Passengers
  • 460.0
Notes
  • First ship of Cunard's grand trio, along with RMS Mauretania and RMS Aquitania, which was larger. The RMS Mauretania was almost identical and just a foot shorter.
Ship caption
  • Lusitania arriving in port.
tonnage
  • 30(xsd:integer)
Ship image
  • 300(xsd:integer)
module
  • --06-16
Builder
  • John Brown & Co
Owner
  • Cunard Line
Crew
  • 850(xsd:integer)
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