"significant ""false flag"" controversy left the ship; Cunard later explained that he was ""tired and really ill."" He was replaced with a new commander, Captain William Thomas Turner, who had previously commanded ""Lusitania"", ""Mauretania"", and ""Aquitania"" in the years before the war. On 17 April 1915, ""Lusitania"" left Liverpool on her 201st transatlantic voyage, arriving in New York on 24 April. A group of German–Americans, hoping to avoid controversy if ""Lusitania"" were attacked by a U-boat, discussed their concerns with a representative of the German Embassy. The embassy decided to warn passengers before her next crossing not to sail aboard"
"RMS Mauretania (1906) RMS ""Mauretania"" was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson and Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906. She was the world's largest ship until the completion of in 1911. ""Mauretania"" became a favourite among her passengers. She captured the Eastbound Blue Riband on her maiden return voyage in December 1907, then claimed the Westbound Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing during her 1909 season. She held both speed records for 20 years. The ship's name was taken from the ancient Roman province"
"of Mauretania on the northwest African coast, not the modern Mauritania to the south. Similar nomenclature was also employed by ""Mauretania""s running mate , which was named after the Roman province directly north of Mauretania, across the Strait of Gibraltar in Portugal. ""Mauretania"" remained in service until 1934 when Cunard White Star retired her; scrapping commenced in 1935. In 1897 the German liner became the largest and fastest ship in the world. With a speed of , she captured the Blue Riband from Cunard Line's and . Germany came to dominate the Atlantic, and by 1906 they had five four-funnel"
"an iceberg and took on water, killing over 1,500 people. The ""Seawise Giant"" supertanker was the largest steam-powered ship ever created and the largest ship ever built, before it was scrapped in 2010. It was over 450 meters in length. The RMS ""Lusitania"" was a steam-propelled passenger vessel sunk by a German U-Boat in 1915. The sinking of the ""Lusitania"" played a role in involving the United States with the developing World War. The HMHS ""Britannic"" was a successor to the ""Titanic"", built as a luxury cruise liner. With the onset of World War I, the ship was drafted for"
"Sinking of the RMS Lusitania The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS ""Lusitania"" occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany. The ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat and sank in 18 minutes. The vessel went down off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, killing 1,198 and leaving 761 survivors. The sinking turned public opinion in many countries against Germany, contributed to the American entry into World War I and became an iconic symbol in military"
"next 30 years, Cunard held the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic voyage. However, in the 1870s Cunard fell behind its rivals, the White Star Line and the Inman Line. To meet this competition, in 1879 the firm was reorganised as the Cunard Steamship Company, Ltd, to raise capital. In 1902 White Star joined the American-owned International Mercantile Marine Co. and the British Government provided Cunard with substantial loans and a subsidy to build two superliners needed to retain its competitive position. ""Mauretania"" held the Blue Riband from 1909 to 1929. The sinking of her running mate ""Lusitania"" in 1915"
"reach the munitions and caused minimal damage to the ship itself. On 7 September 1917, ""Minnehaha"" sank within four minutes with 43 fatalities, after being torpedoed by German U-boat ""U-48"", off the Fastnet. Her sister ships ""Minneapolis"" and ""Minnetonka"" were sunk while in use as troop transports during World War I. SS Minnehaha SS ""Minnehaha"" was a 13,443-ton ocean liner built by Harland and Wolff and launched on 31 March 1900. Operated by the American-owned Atlantic Transport Line, she was the sister ship of , , and ""Minnewaska"". In her first year of operations, the ""Minnehaha"" collided with and sank"
". In September 1909, ""Mauretania"" captured the Blue Riband for the fastest westbound crossing — a record that was to stand for more than two decades. In December 1911, as in New York City in December 1910, ""Mauretania"" broke loose from her moorings while in the River Mersey and sustained damage that caused the cancellation of her special speedy Christmas voyage to New York. In a quick change of events Cunard rescheduled ""Mauretania""s voyage for ""Lusitania"", which had just returned from New York, under the command of Captain James Charles. ""Lusitania"" completed Christmas crossings for ""Mauretania"", carrying revellers back to"
"the British Royal Navy. The British responded with new technology typified by the Dreadnaught revolution, and remained in the lead. Germany's navy was not strong enough to confront the British in World War I; the one great naval Battle of Jutland failed to end Britain's control of the seas or break the stifling blockade. Germany turned to submarine warfare. The laws of war required an effort be made to allow passengers and crew to board lifeboats before sinking a ship. The Germans disregarded the law and in the most dramatic episode sank the Lusitania in 1915 in a few minutes."
"1906. British competition was also fierce, Cunards ""Lusitania"" launched in 1906 followed by her sister ""Mauretania"" were an instant success and by 1910, the new ""Olympic class ocean liners"" of White Star were nearing completion. Imperator-class ocean liner The ""Imperator"" class ocean liners were a series of three ocean liners designed for the Hamburg America Line, commonly known as ""HAPAG"". These three ships were commissioned by the chairman of HAPAG Albert Ballin. Namely the ""Imperator"" (1912), the ""Vaterland"" (1913) and the largest, the ""Bismarck"" (1914). These liners were over 50,000 tons, sported three funnels and had a length ranging from"
"tour of ""Mauretania"", then Britain's fastest merchant vessel, adding further distinction to the ship's reputation. On 26 January 1914, while ""Mauretania"" was in the middle of annual refit in Liverpool, four men were killed and six injured when a gas cylinder exploded while they were working on one of her steam turbines. Damage to the ship was minimal; she was repaired in the new Gladstone drydock and returned to service two months later. Shortly after Great Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914, ""Mauretania"" made a dash for safety in Halifax, arriving on 6 August. Shortly after, she"
"4 May 1897, was properly the first ocean liner to have four funnels and was one of the first of the golden era of ocean liners that became prominent in the early- to mid-20th century. The most famous four funnel liners are the RMS ""Titanic"", which sank after striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage on 14 April 1912, and the RMS ""Lusitania"", which was torpedoed on 7 May 1915 during the First World War. In all, fifteen four funnel liners were built (five were built and owned by Germany, nine by the UK, and one by France): the ""Great"
"he currently was. On the day of her departure, her mother, her sister Maibelle Justice and other relatives came to Pier 54 to say good bye. Because the departure took longer than expected, her family took a last picture of Shymer. This picture, in which she is smiling and props her left arm self-confidently on the railing on the B-Deck promenade, is one of the most popular pictures associated with the Lusitania catastrophe. Six days later, in the early afternoon of May 7, 1915, ""Lusitania"" was sank by a German submarine boat U2 0 with a torpedo. The ship sank"
"maiden voyage on 26 July. She was shorter than the ""Oceanic"" but was still longer than the ""Great Eastern"". After ""Celtic"" was completed, she was the biggest ship in the world at 21,035 gross tons. The project was followed by the , which was launched on 21 August 1902 and made her maiden voyage on 11 February 1903. At the time she was launched she was the biggest moving object ever built at 21,073 gross tons. The project was followed by the , which was launched on 21 November 1903 and made her maiden voyage on 29 June 1904. She"
"might try to ram U-boats as much as twice the size of their own vessel and capable of much greater speed, if the situation favoured such a tactic. In 1915, attempted, but failed, to ram . Her captain, Charles Fryatt, was captured by the Germans a year later. He was court-martialled and executed as they considered his act to be that of a franc-tireur. The French steamer ""Molière"" sank the U-boat in 1917. British paddle steamer SS Mona's Queen rammed and sank a U-boat in February 1917. In May 1918 SM ""UC-78"" was sunk by the steamer ""Queen Alexandra"", and"
"for German U-boats because of her high speed and the seamanship of her crew. As a troopship, she was painted in dark greys with black funnels, as were her contemporaries. When combined forces from the British empire and France began to suffer heavy casualties, ""Mauretania"" was ordered to serve as a hospital ship, along with her fellow Cunarder ""Aquitania"" and White Star's , to treat the wounded until 25 January 1916. In medical service the vessel was painted white with buff funnels and large medical cross emblems surrounding the vessel and possibly illuminated signs starboard and port. Seven months later,"
"your command! You will find the ""Mauretania"" at the quay, Till her captain turns the lever 'neath his hand, And the monstrous nine-decked city goes to sea. The historical novel ""Maiden Voyage"" by British writer Roger Harvey set in Newcastle in the 1900s gives an accurate account of the building of ""Mauretania"" and features characters involved with her turbine engines. The climax of two love stories and a thriller comes as the ship approaches New York on her maiden voyage. RMS Mauretania (1906) RMS ""Mauretania"" was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson and Swan"
"her in February 1926. Her sister ship ""Alcantara"" was launched on 23 September 1926 and completed in February 1927. The latter was named after Royal Mail Lines' previous ""Alcantara"", which was an armed merchant cruiser in the First World War and had been lost when she and the German armed merchant cruiser sank each other in 1916. Each of the two new ships was powered by a pair of eight-cylinder four-stroke double-acting diesel engines built by Harland and Wolff to a Burmeister & Wain design. The engines gave each ship 10,000 ihp or 7,500 bhp, and at the time they"
"upper deck, instead she had a library, gymnasium and a lounge and smoking room. After several years service primarily in the North Atlantic, she was taken into service as a troop transport in early 1915. On 4 October 1916, while heading for Salonika, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat ""UB-47"" 195 miles east of Malta. She was not carrying any troops but out of her 314 crew members, 12 died. The others were saved by the hospital ship ""Dover Castle"". RMS Franconia (1910) The RMS ""Franconia"" was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line. She was"
"rescue mission. She arrived only two hours after ""Titanic"" had sunk and rescued 705 survivors from the ship's lifeboats. ""Carpathia"" herself was sunk on 17 July 1918 after being torpedoed by the German submarine SM U-55 off the southern Irish coast with a loss of five crew members. Around 1900, the Cunard Line faced tight competition from the British White Star Line and the German lines Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd) and Hamburg America Line (HAPAG). Cunards largest liners, as of 1898 and , had a reputation for size and speed, both being of 12,950 gross register tons (GRT) and"
"switched off for maintenance. A separate system of exhaust fans removed air from galleys and bathrooms. As built, the ship conformed fully with Board of Trade safety regulations which required sixteen lifeboats with a capacity of approximately 1,000 people. At the time of her completion ""Lusitania"" was briefly the largest ship ever built, but was eclipsed in this respect by the slightly larger ""Mauretania"" which entered service shortly thereafter. She was longer, a full faster, and had a capacity of 10,000 gross tons over and above that of the most modern German liner, . Passenger accommodation was 50% larger than"
"surfaced or submerged. ""U-5""s design had inadequate ventilation and exhaust from her twin gasoline engines often intoxicated the crew. The boat was commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian Navy in April 1910, and served as a training boat—sometimes making as many as ten cruises a month—through the beginning of the First World War in 1914. The submarine scored most of her wartime successes during the first year of the war while under the command of Georg Ritter von Trapp. The French armoured cruiser ""Léon Gambetta"", sunk in April 1915, was the largest ship sunk by ""U-5"". The sinking of Italian troop transport"
"the east of the rock. The sinking of ""Lusitania"" spurred the local authorities to construct a new lighthouse on the Cape Point. SS Lusitania SS ""Lusitania"" was a Portuguese twin-screw ocean liner of 5,557 tons, built in 1906 by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co, and owned by Empresa Nacional de Navegação, of Lisbon. The ship was wrecked on Bellows Rock off Cape Point, South Africa at 24h00 on 18 April 1911 in fog while en route from Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique, with 25 first-class, 57 second-class and 121 third-class passengers, and 475 African labourers. Out of the 774 people"
"being the first liner with four funnels. She was credited with sparking the race for maritime supremacy between France, Germany and the United Kingdom which soon saw the creation of some of the most famous ships in history. Although not planned to have had any sister ships, the subsequent (1901), (1903) and all enjoyed good careers; however, when World War I broke out, the first was sunk in August 1914 and the other three were seized in 1917 by the United States, never to return to German hands. At the close of the 19th century, competition on the North Atlantic"
"inbound in the mouth of the Mersey the ""Cameronia"" was attacked by a U-boat. Captain Kinnaird turned to ram the U-boat which was forced to dive and then broke off her attack. The ""Cameronia was"" torpedoed on 15 April 1917 by the German U-boat while en route from Marseille, France, to Alexandria, Egypt. She was serving as a troopship at the time and contained approximately 2,650 soldiers on board. The ship sank in 40 minutes, 150 miles east of Malta; taking 210 lives. Other sources report only 140 casualties. Most of the crew and embarked soldiers were picked up by"
"War in 1914. The submarine scored most of her wartime successes during the first year of the war while under the command of Georg Ritter von Trapp. The French armoured cruiser , sunk in April 1915, was the largest ship sunk by ""U-5"". In May 1917, ""U-5"" hit a mine and sank with the loss of six men. She was raised, rebuilt, and recommissioned, but sank no more ships. At the end of the war, ""U-5"" was ceded to Italy as a war reparation, and scrapped in 1920. In all, ""U-5"" sank four ships totaling 21,604 tons. SM ""U-6"" was"
"SS Lusitania SS ""Lusitania"" was a Portuguese twin-screw ocean liner of 5,557 tons, built in 1906 by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co, and owned by Empresa Nacional de Navegação, of Lisbon. The ship was wrecked on Bellows Rock off Cape Point, South Africa at 24h00 on 18 April 1911 in fog while en route from Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique, with 25 first-class, 57 second-class and 121 third-class passengers, and 475 African labourers. Out of the 774 people on board, eight died when a life boat capsized. On 20 April the ship slipped off the rock into of water to"
"two liners of unmatched size and speed, under the condition that they be available for conversion into armed cruisers when needed by the navy. The result of this partnership was the completion in 1907 of two sister ships: and RMS ""Mauretania"", both of which won the Blue Riband during their respective maiden voyages. The latter retained this distinction for twenty years. Their great speed was achieved by the use of turbines instead of conventional expansion machines. In response to the competition from Cunard Line, White Star Line ordered the Olympic-class liners at the end of 1907. The first of these"
"Lord could have led to a different outcome of the tragedy."" ""Californian"" was later sunk herself, on 9 November 1915, by the German submarine , in the Eastern Mediterranean during World War I. ""Californian"" was a British steamship owned by the Leyland Line, part of J.P. Morgan's International Mercantile Marine Co.. She was constructed by the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company in Dundee, Scotland, and was the largest ship built in Dundee up to that time. The ship was built to the maximum dimensions that were allowed to moor and outfit her in the Dundee Docks. The ship's size and"
"with lifts, wireless telegraph, and electric light, and provided 50% more passenger space than any other ship; the first class decks were noted for their sumptuous furnishings. The Royal Navy had blockaded Germany at the start of World War I. The UK declared the entire North Sea a war zone in the autumn of 1914 and mined the approaches; in the spring of 1915 all food imports for Germany were declared contraband. When RMS ""Lusitania"" left New York for Britain on 1 May 1915, German submarine warfare was intensifying in the Atlantic. Germany had declared the seas around the United"
"SS Tubantia SS ""Tubantia"" was an ocean liner for Royal Holland Lloyd () built in 1913 by Alexander Stephen and Sons of Glasgow. She was built as a fast mail and passenger steamer for service between the Netherlands and South America. ""Tubantia"" was a sister ship of , also of Royal Holland Lloyd. ""Tubantia"" was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine on 16 March 1916. As a vessel of the neutral Netherlands, her sinking caused great fury amongst the Dutch public. The Germans initially claimed that ""Tubantia"" must have been sunk by a mine or a British torpedo, but when"
"puppet Kingdom of Northern Lusitania as one of the successor states to Portugal under the assumption that such a campaign would result in an easy French victory. The province was also the namesake of the North Atlantic Ocean Liner RMS Lusitania infamous for being torpedoed by a German Uboat in 1915. The ship’s owners the Cunard Line commonly named their vessels after Roman provinces with the Lusitania so being called after the Roman Iberian province to the north of the Strait of Gibraltar while her sistership RMS Mauretania was named after the Roman North African province on the south side"
"and ""Mauretania’s"" 1909 record of stood for 20 years. However, these ships paid a price for speed and lacked many of the amenities found in the new White Star and Hamburg American luxury liners. Both Cunard rivals ordered a trio of even bigger luxury liners, the White Star ""Olympic""-class capable of and Hapag ""Imperator""-class capable of . Even Cunard chose this approach when it ordered its third superliner, the ""Aquitania"". There is a persistent rumor that was attempting to win the Blue Riband and that such effort resulted in excessive speed and collision with the iceberg. Such a rumor is"