What was the lusitania affair?

Answer 1

A British ship carrying hundreds of American passengers and weapons that was torpedoed by a German U-Boat. This helped America enter the war as the population began to view Germany as an enemy.

Lusitania is a ship that was sunk in World War One by one German U-boat. It was an English ship manufactured by the Cunard line and is considered by many as a major reason the USA entered WW1. It was a passenger vessel and therefore should not have been a military target, although it is suspected that it was used my England to illegally smuggle explosives into the country from America. This is based on reports of two huge explosives that caused the ships sinking. One from the torpedo from the U-boat and one from the explosives in the hold blowing up as a result of the U-boats attack. This theory of arms smuggling has never been fully proven though the English or Irish Navy were responsible for depth charging the remains of the wreck in the 1950's - as underwater recovery and diving technology improved meaning further exploration of the disaster would be possible. This is seen by many as an attempt to cover up evidence. Thousands of people died the night the ship sank many of them Americans and that is one of the reasons the US went to war in Europe.

On further review the Lusitania was carrying war weapons to Great Britain.

Answer 2

On March 28, 1915, a U-boat sank including a British Passenger liner in the Irish sea, killing more than 1000 people, including over 100 American. While the White House considered its response a far more serious incident occurred. On may 7, 1915, a u boat patrolling off the Irish coast torpedoed another British passenger liner, the Lusitania. The dead included 128 Americans. The New York Times called the Germans "savages drunk with blood". The Germans only fired one torpedo but there were two explosions on the ship some think that the Lusitania was caring amunitions from the US because the boat was comming from NY.

*the Germans had sent out warnings that any boat caring the british flag would be sunk, no one consider they would do it.

Answer 3

The Lusitania was a large passenger vessel owned by Cunard Line, and it was the sister of the Mauretania. The two liners were the fastest of the time and they could go about 26 knots. On May 7, off the coast of Ireland, a German U-Boat spotted the Lusitania and fired a torpedo at it. The explosion ripped a hole on the port side of the ship, just past the bridge. The Lusitania began to sink at a fast rate, and a second explosion occurred on the ship, and their is still a debate about whether this was a second torpedo, or simply an explosion of coal, or any other fuel aboard the ship. The Lusitania lasted for approximately 18 minutes until it sank. About 1,100 died in the sinking. The ship now lies on its port side on the sea bed.

Answer 4

one day the great ship Lusitania had sail. it was going good but somehow the German people shoot a torpedo to the great Lusitania and it sank

The Lusitania was a British ocean liner. It was sunk 14 miles off the coast of Southern Ireland by German U-boats on May 7, 1915 while on its way to Liverpool from New York. 1198 people including 128 Americans died because the ship listed so quickly that few of the life boats could be deployed. The US was neutral in the war at this time, but the incident provoked outrage and stirred anti-German feeling in the US.

The Germans knew the Lusitania was being used to ship war materials in it's cargo hold in spite of btitish denials. Ads were published in American newspapers that the ship was a ligitimate target, and anyone traveling on her was in peril. Recent investigations have proven that the Germans were correct, her hold containing artillery, ammunition and other war material.

The British were aware that the Lusitania would be sailing through an area known to have ongoing U-boat operations, but failed to warn the liner; probably hoping it's sinking would bring the United States into the war.

Answer 5

The Lusitania was not an HMS, which is the designation of a Royal Navy Ship (His/Her Majesties Ship) . the Lusitania was a Transatlantic Liner owned and operaed by Cunard Line designated RMS (Royla Mail Ship). Sunk By a U boat during the first world war.

Answer 6

Germany, being part of the Central Powers and at war with Great Britain, had set up a blockade around Britain. While a cruise ship called Lusitania was going from America to Britain, German submarines spotted it, and although it was only legal for the ships to be searched, German U-boats simply torpedoed the Lusitania, killing 128 Americans and over 1,000 passengers in total who were on the cruise ship. Although it is true that Germany sent a warning to America and Germany had suspicions supplies were hidden in the Lusitania (to help Britain), it enraged Americans so much that the Propaganda produced by this made anti-German sentiments reach their peak and in 1917, America declared on Germany and entered World War 1 on the side of the Ally Powers

Answer 7

A civilian ocean liner. Equal to a civilian passenger airliner of today. Man didn't have AIRLINERS in 1915.