RMS Lusitania
(White Star Line) was sunk on the 7th of may 1915,
with a single torpedo, off the Old Head Of Kinsale,
by U24 (Skipper Kaptain-Leutnant Walther Schwieger)
of the Imperial German Navy in May 1917, with
the loss of 1195 lives including 123 US Citizens,
which helped ensure the US entered the First World
War on the side of Britain and France, rather
than Germany. Lusitania was 40,000 tons and 785
feet long. You can clearly recognise features
of the wrecked ship in the 3D image.” |
