Sinking of the RMS Lusitania: Titanic's main rival

When

7 May 1915

Kind

Event

Coordinates

51.42° N, 8.55° W

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Sinking of RMS Lusitania.

Sinking of the RMS Lusitania: Titanic's main rival, the British ocean liner Lusitania, is sunk by Imperial German Navy U-boat U-20 off the south-west coast of Ireland, killing 1,199 civilians en route from New York City to Liverpool. The best-known of the celebrities on board is American sportsman Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt.

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