| pass=2,198 total <br>First-class: 552<br>Second-class: 460<br>Third-class: 1,186
| pass=2,198 total <br>First-class: 552<br>Second-class: 460<br>Third-class: 1,186
|}}
|}}
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'''RMS ''Lusitania''''' was a [[British]] passenger liner sunk by a [[Germany|German]] [[U-boat]] ([[submarine]]) in [[World War I]] with heavy loss of life. The terrorist attack on unarmed civilians was a major atrocity that outraged [[American]]s and ruined Germany's reputation as an honorable nation. The episode was one of the catalysts that helped push the [[U.S.]] to enter the war against Germany in 1917.
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'''RMS ''Lusitania''''' was a [[British]] passenger liner sunk by a [[Germany|German]] [[U-boat]] ([[submarine]]) in [[World War I]] with heavy loss of life. The unprovoked attack on unarmed civilians was a major atrocity that outraged [[American]]s and ruined Germany's reputation as an honorable nation. The episode was one of the catalysts that helped push the [[U.S.]] to enter the war against Germany in 1917.