RMS Lusitania

Germans sank a British ship named the Lusitania that was carrying American passengers. At the time Britain and Germany were in a state of war. The Germans were justified in sinking the Lusitania because the ship had a British flag, had weapon storage departments, and went into British territory. One of the Germans reasons they had attacked the Lusitania was because of the British flag that the captain had aboard the passenger ship. Before sailing of the Lusitania the Germans had put out a statement

Woodrow Wilson's "War Message to Congress" and Phillip Larkin's poem "MCMXIV," the Age of Disillusionment was filled with hopelessness and fear as a result of tragic events such as the sinking of the passenger ship, the Lusitania. On May 1, 1915, the British passenger ship, the Lusitania, set sail from

The sinking of the Lusitania ​“The war to end all wars” was what people called it. Others called it “The Great War”. Many people died in this war. And there was really no right or wrong in this war; meaning that I don’t think there really was a side that was wrong or right, and I’m going to explain why further in this essay. I think both sides were wrong in things, but in the end, Germany was the one that suffered the most because they were being forced to pay billions dollars in the war debts, and

novel, Dead Wake by Erik Larson, the author composes and reveals the lesser known story of the Lusitania, a passenger liner that was traveling to England. However, despite the great pride in the Lusitania’s greatness, she was sunk by a German U-boat, the U-20, on May 7th, 1915. There are many reasons that people believe that the Lusitania was sunk, but Larson seemed to most prominently claim that the Lusitania was intentionally sunk in order to drag America into World War I. These quotes are examples

The USS Indianapolis sinking is a very historical event that was said to be incorrectly documented. The Navy blamed captain McVay for the incident that occurred on July 30, 1945 when the ship was hit by two out of six torpedoes fired by the I-58, a japanese submarine. He was blamed for the death of 879 men, was court martialed and was charged with failing to zigzag and failure to order abandon ship in a timely manner. The men went through such a horrific event when the ship sank. They were exposed

On May seventh, the time of 1915 as the ship the "Lusitania" was approaching the shoreline of Ireland. Amid its voyage, a torpedo was let go by the German submarine "U 20" that pummeled into the ship's side. A strange second blast had tore the liner separated. A catastrophe had ruled, the ship recorded so terribly and quickly that the rafts had collided with the travelers on deck, or had their heaps dumped into the water. Inside only 18 minutes the ship had slipped into the ocean. Precisely 1,119

In Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, Erik Larson tells a story of events surrounding the sinking of Lusitania. He argues that the ship would not have sunken if time management was different and Room 40 gave detailed directions and warnings to the ship. He claims that the ship sank for many reasons which led to significant consequences such as United States joining Britain for World War I. Erik Larson’s argument is correct since he has so much evidence in the novel that explains the

The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis “I got my blanket I didn’t get my cape on or life jacket I don't need that,” said Edgar Harrell, survivor of the USS Indianapolis. The sinking of the USS Indianapolis was the worst accident to ever happen in Naval history with over 900 men entering the water, only 316 survived. “We were losing three or four each night and day” said Cox. It became normal to see shark fins swimming at you. The sinking of the USS Indianapolis could have been prevented if the

WORLD WAR 1 ERA RMS LUSITANIA April 6, 1917 The Lusitania sinks by: Alexander Rodriguez “The Lusitania took no special precautions to avoid attack. The British Admiralty had warned of U-boat activity in the waters off Ireland,”(Cavendish).The british Admiralty's recommendations were ignored by Commander William Thomas Turner that any ship traveling to Britain was in danger of being sunk by by German submarine warfare. The 32,000 ton ship was attacked with a torpedo on Friday May 7,1915 at 2:12pm

After the wreck of the Britannic, the rival company of white star line, Cunard line, create a marvel just as great as the Titanic. That was the Lusitania, this ship was a grand liner, with huge ballrooms and dining halls, for the wealthy first class. However, underneath all of this leisure and happiness, lied a dirty secret. Underneath the hull of the Lusitania, held hundreds of pounds of gunpowder and weapons for the fighting in World War Two. The ship was then dispatched off the coast of England, to