Lusitania when and where did it sink?

Answer 1

type in Lusitania web site and go from there....

Answer 2

On May 7, 1915 the Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine, the U-20. The Lusitania sank after a subsequent massive internal explosion blew out her starboard bow.

Lusitania sank in 18 minutes at 2:28 pm, 8 miles off of the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland. 1,198 people died with her, including almost a hundred children.

Answer 3

Lusitania was a Cunard-owned trans-Atlantic liner of some 32,000 tons and as such, she was one of the largest and fastest passenger liners of her time.

On the 7th May, 1915, she had the ill-luck to cross the path of the German submarine U20. Unlucky because the submarine would never have been able to catch such a fast ship and put herself into an attacking position. Torpedoed by the U-20, Lusitania went down just eight miles off Kinsale Head on the coast of Ireland - within sight of land, in fact. Loss of life was huge and 1200 people died in the tragedy, including a large number of American citizens which contributed to the entry of the US into the war.

As with all major disasters, Lusitania has attracted her share of conspiracy theories. From the very first, Germany claimed that she was carrying arms and ammunition which made her a legitimate target and more latterly, the whole affair was deemed to be a British plot designed to bring the United States into the war.

Answer 4

Lusitania sank in 18 minutes at 2:28 pm, 8 miles off of the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland. Friday, May 7, 1915


Lusitania was making for the port of Queenstown, Ireland, 70 kilometers from the Old Head of Kinsale when the liner crossed in front of U-20 at 2:10 p.m. It was sheer dumb luck that the liner became such a convenient target, since U-20 could hardly have caught the fast vessel otherwise. Schwieger gave the order to fire, sending a single torpedo towards Lusitania. It hit cleanly under the bridge, blowing a hole in the side of the ship, and was then followed by a much larger secondary explosion that blew out the starboard bow.

"Schwieger's own log entries attests that he only fired one torpedo. Some doubt the validity of this claim, citing that the German government subsequently doctored Schwieger's log, but accounts from other U-20 crewmembers confirm that only one torpedo was fired."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lusitania

Answer 5

Nearly 1200 people lost their lives when the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland on this date in 1915. A British ship, when the Lusitania first sailed in 1907, she was the largest ocean liner on the sea. Before the ship set sail in May 1915, warnings were issued by the German Embassy in Washington, reminding passengers of the state of war between Germany and Great Britain and advising them not to sail with the Lusitania. The torpedoed ship went down in just 20 minutes.

Answer 6

The Lusitania was sank off kinsale head in 1915. Hit by a single torpedo fired from a Uboat. A Uboat that had been reported to the British by my Grandmother 9 hours earlier when it was stalking the ship off Rosscarbery in West Cork. Over ten people saw it on the night of the may 18th slowly following the ship up the coast. The speed the ship sank and the second explosion has given rise to the suggestion that the ship was engaged in gun running against house of congress directives on American adding any of the sides in the European conflict.

Answer 7

On May 7, 1915 the Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine, the U-20.

Sinking
Lusitania was making for the port of Queenstown, Ireland, 70 kilometers from the Old Head of Kinsale when the liner crossed in front of U-20 at 2:10 p.m. It was sheer dumb luck that the liner became such a convenient target, since U-20 could hardly have caught the fast vessel otherwise. Schwieger gave the order to fire, sending a single torpedo towards Lusitania. It hit cleanly under the bridge, blowing a hole in the side of the ship, and was then followed by a much larger secondary explosion that blew out the starboard bow.

Schwieger's own log entries attests that he only fired one torpedo. Some doubt the validity of this claim, citing that the German government subsequently doctored Schwieger's log, but accounts from other U-20 crewmembers confirm that only one torpedo was fired.

Lusitania's wireless operator sent out an immediate SOS and Captain Turner gave the order to abandon ship; however, the liner was in a difficult position. The hole caused by the torpedo was causing her to list severely, the damage to the bow was making the foredeck sink under the waves, and the ship was still moving at relatively high speed.

Lusitania's severe starboard list during the sinking considerably complicated launching the lifeboats — the lifeboats on the starboard side of the ship swung out too far to conveniently step aboard. [4] While it was still possible to board the lifeboats on the port side, lowering them presented a different problem. As was typical for this period of time, the hull plates of the Lusitania were fastened with large rivets. As the lifeboats were lowered, they dragged on these rivets, which threatened to rip the boats apart. Many lifeboats overturned while loading or lowering, spilling their passengers into the sea below; those that were lowered tended to be overturned by the ship's motion when they hit the water. Some, by the neglegence of some officers, crashed down onto the deck, crushing other passengers, and sliding down towards the bridge. Lusitania had 48 lifeboats, more than enough for all the crew and passengers, but only six managed to get to the water and stay afloat.

Turner tried to make for land to beach the liner and to reduce her speed, but Lusitania no longer answered the helm. There was panic and disorder on the decks. Schwieger had been observing this nightmare through U-20's periscope, but by 2:25 p.m. he decided he'd seen enough. He dropped the periscope and headed out to sea.

Turner stayed with the bridge until the water came up to meet him, and he managed to save himself by grabbing onto a floating chair. Lusitania's bow slammed into the bottom, her stern pitched up in the air, and she overturned on her side before sinking. Along the way, boilers proceeded to blow up with one causing the third funnel to explode and collapse, with the remaining funnels proceeding to snap off soon after. The liner then disappeared beneath the ocean. About a couple of minutes later, the ship hit the bottom and caused a backdraft of water, people and debris. There was then silence except for the people struggling in the water.

Lusitania sank in 18 minutes at 2:28 pm, 8 miles off of the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland. 1,198 people died with her, including almost a hundred children.[5] The bodies of many of the victims are buried at either the Lusitania plot in Cobh or at the Church of St. Multose in Kinsale.

Answer 8

The great Cunarder, Lusitania sank off the old head of Kinsale, Eire May 7th, 1915, by German u boat U20. It sank in just 18 minutes with the loss of 1201 men, women and children. Believed the reason USA entered the 1st World War. OK.

Answer 9

it sank on the 7th of May 1915, 13 kilometres off the southern coast of Ireland

Answer 10

Of the southwest coast of Ireland. 1917