RMS Lusitania (WWI Ocean Liner Wreck)

Ireland / Cork / Kinsale /
 crash site, ship wreck, interesting place

The RMS Lusitania was a Cunard line ocean liner.She was making for Queenstown when she was torpedoed by U-20.Under command by Walther Schwieger. She sank in 18 minutes, just eight miles from shore.She went down with 1,198 lives.Almost a hundred were children.

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Coordinates:   51°25'0"N   8°32'59"W
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