Divers have recovered the main telegraph machine from the Lusitania, the wreck at the center of one of the most infamous maritime disasters of the 20th century. Irish heritage officials confirmed that ...
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How a German submarine attack sank the Lusitania in less than 20 minutes
On May 7, 1915, the RMS Lusitania was nearing the Irish coast when a German U-boat fired a single torpedo. Within 18 minutes, the ship had sunk, leaving over a thousand dead and just over 700 ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- On May 7, it will be exactly 100 years since the sinking of the luxury steamship Lusitania by a German submarine. A new best-selling novel is exploring the question: Did it have to ...
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Why the RMS Lusitania shook itself apart, propeller wake interference, hull resonance, and a deadly Atlantic finale
Lusitania’s four propellers created rhythmic pressure shocks that could line up with the hull’s natural resonant frequency, turning the bow and stern into uninhabitable vibration zones at speed. We ...
A century-old mystery beneath the waves remains unsolved as we enter this New Year. It involves the sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania during the First World War. Martha Teichner takes us back: ...
This spring is the 100th anniversary of one of the most notorious maritime tragedies in history – but there is probably a lot you didn’t know about the sinking of the Lusitania. As World War I was ...
It was a maritime disaster almost as deadly as the Titanic. It saw innocent civilians become collateral damage. And it swayed the public opinion of a neutral nation at a time of war, just like the ...
The following are two contemporary news reports on the sinking of the Lusitania published in Proceedings in 1915. The first is from the European War Notes section in the May-June 1915 issue. The ...
It’s hard to remember your manners when you think you’re about to die. The human species may have developed an elaborate social and behavioral code, but we drop it fast when we’re scared enough — as ...
Passengers and crew: 1,949 Sunk: May 7, 1915, torpedoed by a German U-boat Time to sink: 18 minutes Deaths: 1,198 Survival rate: 38.5% The tragic voyages of the RMS Titanic and RMS Lusitania have ...
A newly-translated diary describes a Danish emigrant's journey to America 108 years ago. He came aboard the doomed ocean liner Lusitania when it was brand new. IPR's Rick Fredericksen tells his ...
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