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[[Image:NYT01May1915.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Advertisement and shipping news page for the ''New York Times'', 01 May 1915, detailing the schedules of the various ocean liners and other ships due to sail. Below and to the right of the Cunard Line's notice of the departure dates for RMS ''Lusitania'' is the notice from the Imperial German Embassy in Washington, D.C. stating that all such vessels departing for Great Britain would enter a war zone at their own risk. Six days after this paper was printed, ''Lusitania'' was torpedoed and sunk off Ireland.]]
[[Image:NYT01May1915.jpg|200px|right|thumb|German advertisement in ''New York Times'', May 1, 1915, warns passengers not to take the Lusitania.]]
'''RMS ''Lusitania''''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] passenger liner notable for its sinking in [[World War I]] with heavy loss of life.
'''RMS ''Lusitania''''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] passenger liner notable for its sinking in [[World War I]] with heavy loss of life.
====Last voyage====
====Last voyage====
On April 30th, 1915, ''Lusitania'' was being loaded in New York with supplies, and was secretly being loaded with ammunition. Over on the other side of the Atlantic in Germany, Kapitänleutnant Walter Schwieger was ordered to take his U-20 German submarine on patrol. ''Lusitania'' started its trip to Great Britain on May 1st, 1915, carrying 1257 passengers and 702 crew members under the command of Captain William Turner. The same day she sailed, the ''New York Times'' ran its shipping shedules; business was normal as far as the neutral United States was concerned. On the same page below the Cunard advertisement for ''Lusitania'', the German embassy ran a printed add of its own:
On April 30th, 1915, ''Lusitania'' was being loaded in New York with supplies. Over on the other side of the Atlantic in Germany, Kapitänleutnant Walter Schwieger was ordered to take his U-20 German submarine on patrol. ''Lusitania'' started its trip to Britain on May 1st, 1915, carrying 1257 passengers and 702 crew members under the command of Captain William Turner.
On May 7th, ''Lusitania'' and the German submarine both entered the Irish Channel. Captain Turner had
On May 7th, ''Lusitania'' and the German submarine both entered the Irish Channel.
Running low on fuel Kapitänleutnant Schwieger decided to turn back. On his way back he ran into several ships and sunk them. When he met up with ''Lusitania'', he submerged and fired one torpedo. The torpedo was noticed, but nothing was able to be done about it. Right after it hit, it triggered a secondary, larger explosion within the ship. Due to the list of the ship, it was impossible to launch half of her lifeboats. A distress signal was sent out and picked up at Queenstown (now called [[Cobh]]), Ireland. The Lusitania sank 18 minutes after the torpedo hit.
Running low on fuel Kapitänleutnant Schwieger decided to turn back. On his way back he ran into several ships and sunk them. When he met up with ''Lusitania'', he submerged and fired one torpedo. The torpedo was noticed, but nothing was able to be done about it. Right after it hit, it triggered a secondary, larger explosion within the ship. Due to the list of the ship, it was impossible to launch half of her lifeboats. A distress signal was sent out and picked up at Queenstown (now called [[Cobh]]), Ireland. The Lusitania sank 18 minutes after the torpedo hit.