RMS Lusitania - Murder on the Atlantic 6/11

On 7 May 1915, U-20 torpedoed the pride of the Cunard fleet, R.M.S. Lusitania. She sank in 18 minutes, taking 1,198 with her and leaving only 761 survivors. Relive her final hours and witness one of the greatest maritime disasters in history.

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[Gaudemus0igitur]

From wikipedia:

In December 2008, Gregg Bemis discovered a further four million rounds of .303 ammunition and announced plans to commission further dives next year for a full-scale forensic examination of the wreck.[5] The new discovery bolsters the Germans' case that the Lusitania was a military ship.[5]

Shame on Royal Admirality for making it a military ship and using the civilians as a shield, shame on the German Navy to sink it despite all the innocent civilians.

[TitanicExpert]

I think that German was right, not wanting to sink the Lusitania.

[BenAliGtor]

"Jack!! Jack!! Is that YOU, Jack??"

"Shut the hell UP, Rose!! You're in the wrong movie!!"

[DustinOfPersonality]

@MrWithamboi not to mention they tried telling Mexico to keep U.S. busy first by taking back the land they lost, then Germany would kick our asses, thank God the Brits intercepted it and decoded it and got us in the First World War in 1917

[ultradumbass]

@graywolf7 this is war. there is no time to be a hero.

[ElSuperGonzalez]

6:42 for a second i thought he was peeing because he was scared..

[RyanRocks1998]

I guess back then there wasn't the rule "Don't use the elevator in the event of an emergency due to the likelihood of a power failure"

[keiko909]

TORPEDO!...where?...there!....­oh look...BOOOM! you gotta love human curiosity

[Sugerloadedgirl789]

Why couldn't she have survived like her sisters... what seems to baffle me is that Mauretania AVOIDED becoming prey to u-boats because of her amazing speeds. Lusitania here IS ALSO speedy SO WHY DID SHE GET HIT?! (I understand she was close to land at that point and that could have been the reason but still... XP)

[MrWithamboi]

German are bastards for doing this n the britanic

[krugerfuchs]

if whatever exploded didn't explode would she have stayed up long enough to be run aground or to make port

[Chiswick2]

I highly doubt that they would be playing Strauss on a British liner during WWI....