The Lusitania was sunk, with much loss of life, on May 7th of which year?
"selected the film for preservation in 2017. The Sinking of the Lusitania The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) is a silent animated short film by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. It is a work of propaganda re-creating the never-photographed 1915 sinking of the British liner RMS ""Lusitania"". At twelve minutes it has been called the longest work of animation at the time of its release. The film is the earliest surviving animated documentary and serious, dramatic work of animation. The National Film Registry selected it for preservation in 2017. In 1915 a German submarine torpedoed and sank the RMS ""Lusitania""; 128"
"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"
"Kingdom a war zone, and the German embassy in the United States had placed newspaper advertisements warning people of the dangers of sailing on ""Lusitania"". On the afternoon of 7 May, a German U-boat torpedoed ""Lusitania"", off the southern coast of Ireland and inside the declared war zone. A second, unexplained, internal explosion, likely munitions she was carrying, sent her to the seabed in 18 minutes, with the deaths of 1,198 passengers and crew. Because the Germans sank, without warning, what was a completely defenceless, officially non-military ship, killing almost a thousand civilians, many of whom were children, they were"
"the period of France's First Empire. When the ocean liner RMS Lusitania was sunk by a U-boat of the German Empire on 7 May 1915 on a voyage from New York City to Liverpool during the First World War, some of the bodies and survivors were brought to Kinsale and the subsequent inquest on the bodies recovered was held in the town's courthouse. A statue in the harbour commemorates the effort. The Lusitania memorial is at Casement Square in Cobh, to the east of Cork city. Kinsale was linked by a branch line via Farrangalway and Ballymartle to the Irish"
"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"
"the age of 68, he made a successful preaching tour of the United States, booking a return passage on the Cunard Line's RMS ""Lusitania"". He was among the 1,198 victims when the ""Lusitania"" was torpedoed and sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German submarine. Basil Maturin Basil William Maturin (15 February 1847 – 7 May 1915) was an Irish-born Anglican priest, preacher and writer who later became Roman Catholic. He died on board the RMS ""Lusitania"", during the First World War. He was born in Ireland in 1847 to William Basil and Jane (Cook) Maturin and educated at Trinity"
"of the attic: ; above it are the dates of the First World War (1914–1918), which are also carved into the stone on north side. To either side are decorative bronze wreaths. On the inside, the floor is in black and white stone in a chequerboard pattern. On the north side, bronze spikes occupy the otherwise-open bays. The largest single loss of life commemorated on the memorial is from the sinking of the RMS ""Lusitania"" on 7 May 1915. Of the 1,200 dead, over 350 British crew members are commemorated on the Mercantile Marine memorial. In total, the First World"
"May 1915, during World War I, Lady Allan, along with daughters Anna, 16, and Gwen, 15, were aboard the when it was sunk by German U-boat . After she and her daughters jumped into the water, Lady Allan was severely injured. While she was rescued, both daughters drowned. Anna's body was never found, but Gwendolyn's was recovered the next day and returned to Montreal for burial. Rita Jolivet, the future wife of Sir Montagu's Scottish cousin, Jimmy Allan, was also a passenger on the Lusitania. Two years after this tragedy, the war claimed a third child, Hugh, who was killed"
"might be carrying guns and which were too small to rescue submarine crews. Britain armed most of its merchant ships with medium calibre guns that could sink a submarine, making above-water attacks too risky. In February 1915, the United States warned Germany about misuse of submarines. On April 22, the German Imperial Embassy warned U.S. citizens against boarding vessels to Britain, which would have to face German attack. On May 7, Germany torpedoed the British passenger liner ""RMS Lusitania"", sinking her. This act of aggression caused the loss of 1,198 civilian lives, including 128 Americans. The sinking of a large,"
"was cited as a retaliation for British minefields and shipping blockades. Under the instructions given to U-boat captains, they could sink merchant ships, even potentially neutral ones, without warning. In February 1915, a submarine ""U-6"" (""Lepsius"") was rammed and both periscopes were destroyed off Beachy Head by the collier ""SS Thordis"" commanded by Captain John Bell RNR after firing a torpedo. On 7 May 1915, sank the liner RMS ""Lusitania"". The sinking claimed 1,198 lives, 128 of them American civilians, and the attack of this unarmed civilian ship deeply shocked the Allies. According to the ship's manifest, ""Lusitania"" was carrying"
"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"
"and improved methods of operation, but strengthened the personnel chiefly by the development of the young men in the organization. It was under Ferguson that the Apprentice School was founded to develop and train shipbuilders. On May 7, 1915, shipyard president Albert L. Hopkins was traveling to England on the ""RMS Lusitania"" when he died after the ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat off Queenstown on the Irish coast. Another 127 Americans also lost their lives. The ""Lusitania"" incident was among the events that brought the United States into World War I. When Albert Hopkins died, Ferguson"
"""Lusitania"" when it was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915. Hubbard was born in Bloomington, Illinois, to Silas Hubbard and Juliana Frances Read on June 19, 1856. In the autumn of 1855, his parents had relocated to Bloomington from Buffalo, New York, where his father had a medical practice. Finding it difficult to settle in Bloomington—mainly due to the presence of several already established doctors—Silas moved his family to Hudson, Illinois the next year. Nicknamed ""Bertie"" by his family, Elbert had two older siblings: Charlie, who was largely bed-ridden after a fall"
"passage aboard the ""RMS Lusitania"". Days before he was to board the liner, however, he received a mysterious phone call from a man with a thick German accent who warned him not to board the ""Lusitania"". Forman ignored the phone call and embarked on the ""Lusitania"" on May 1, 1915. The ""Lusitania"" was torpedoed on May 7, 1915, and Forman was among the 1,198 passengers who perished in the sinking. His body was never recovered. Justus Miles Forman Justus Miles Forman (November 1, 1875 – May 7, 1915) was an American novelist and playwright. Forman was born on November 1,"
"first few months of the conflict, many German and Austrian men of military age who lived in Rhodesia were arrested (officially as ""prisoners of war"") and sent to internment camps in South Africa. Gertrude Page, one of the colony's most famous novelists, wrote an open letter in response, vouching for the loyalty of a young German in her employ, and received a number of replies accusing her of being unpatriotic. The second period of intensification began following the sinking of the British passenger liner RMS ""Lusitania"" by a German U-boat on 7 May 1915. The ""Rhodesia Herald"" ran an editorial"
"approximately 1,500 lives, highlighted the overconfidence of the shipping companies in their ships, such as the failure to put enough lifeboats on board. Safety measures at sea were reexamined following the incident. Two years later, in 1914, sank in the Saint Lawrence River after colliding with another ship. 1,012 people died. Among the other famous sinking are that of RMS ""Lusitania"" in 1915, which resulted in the loss of 1,198 lives and provoked an international outcry, and that of , which caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Aden in 1932, killing 54 people. In 1956, the sinking of"
"105 casualties. The Turks lost nine ships, three galleasses and two galleys burnt, while one of each type was captured. Many were hired English or Dutch vessels ""Rotta Fortuna"" (flag)<br> ""Croce Dorata""<br> ""Tre Re""<br> ""Mercante Diletto"" (English ""Merchant's Delight""?)<br> ""Principessa"" (flag 2?)<br> ""James"" (English?/Scottish?) - sank 22 May<br> ""San Felippe""<br> ""Carita"" (Dutch ""Lieffde"")<br> ""Esperienza""<br> ""Giudizio di Salomon"" (Dutch ""Salomons Gerecht"")<br> ""Madonna della Vigna"" (Dutch)<br> ""Jupiter"" (Dutch)<br> ""Profeta Samuel""<br> ""Amburgense""<br> ""Sacrificio d'Abram"" (Dutch ""Abrahams Offerand"")<br> ""Fregata Contarini""<br> ""Orca Negro""<br> ""San Bartolamio"" (French?)<br> ""Francese"" (French?) - abandoned, aground and burnt 11 sailing ships - nine burnt, one captured<br> 10 galleasses - three"
"losses on the Royal Navy and French Navy. Côte d'Azur, a 3,047-ton cross-channel steamer was sunk on 27 May followed by the paddle steamer ""Crested Eagle"" on 28 May. On 29 May the Royal Navy destroyer H.M.S.""Grenade"" was severely damaged by a Ju 87 attack within Dunkirk's harbour, and subsequently sank. The French destroyer ""Mistral"" was crippled by bomb damage the same day. ""Jaguar"" and ""Verity"" were badly damaged while the trawlers ""Calvi"" and ""Polly Johnson"" (363 and 290 tons) disintegrated under bombardment. The merchant ship ""Fenella"" (2,376 tons) was sunk having taken on 600 soldiers. The attacks brought the"
"business when he died on May 7, 1915, after the ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat off Queenstown on the Irish coast. 127 other Americans also lost their lives. His assistant Fred Gauntlett, was also on board, but was able to swim to safety. The ""Lusitania"" incident was among the events that brought the United States into World War I. Between 1918 and 1920, NNS delivered 25 destroyers. Among all of the early shipyard leaders, after city and shipyard founder Collis Huntington, Homer Lenoir Ferguson is probably the best remembered for various roles in the community as"
"Schwieger, when the ""Lusitania"" was torpedoed and sunk on 7 May 1915. Weisbach was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class. Weisbach provided a concise account of his recollection of the sinking of the ""Lusitania"" which was published in ""The Irish Times"" in 1970 after his death. After the torpedo was fired, he was called to the periscope. He said the explosion which he saw was far more severe than could normally have been expected. He surmised then and still believed in 1966 (when being interviewed) that the liner must have been carrying a significant cargo of high-explosives. Not long after"
"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"
"Queenstown in the south of Ireland. The ship was torpedoed by German submarine ""U-20"" at about 2:10 pm on 7 May 1915, and rapidly sank. Depage assisted other passengers to board lifeboats, and treated some injured on the deck of the sinking vessel. As the ship sank, she became entangled in ropes and drowned, one of nearly 1,200 killed from almost 2,000 aboard. Depage's body was one of 289 recovered, and was buried by her husband in the sand dunes near La Panne. The funeral was attended by the King and Queen of the Belgians, Albert I and Elizabeth. Depage"
"October 1914 for use as a troopship and was given the designation HMAT (His Majesty's Australian Transport) A19. In April/May 1915 she was refitted at Sydney to carry 549 troops and 500 horses. She completed six troopship voyages up to November 1916, however on 12 February 1917 she was sunk in the English Channel after being torpedoed by the German submarine UC-66, whilst sailing outbound between Liverpool and Plymouth, 12 miles south south-west of the Eddystone Lighthouse, there were 145 survivors, but 22 people lost their lives. The wreck lies at the position () at a depth of around ,"
"rigged under davits) to be filled and launched with passengers. When ""Britannic"", working as a hospital ship during World War I, sank in 1916 after hitting a mine in the Kea channel the already davited boats were swiftly lowered saving nearly all on board, but the ship took nearly three times as long to sink as ""Lusitania"" and thus the crew had more time to evacuate passengers. ""Lusitania"", commanded by Commodore James Watt, moored at the Liverpool landing stage for her maiden voyage at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday 7 September 1907 as the onetime Blue Riband holder vacated the pier."
"of the harbors used by the Grand Fleet, before escorting the crossing of British troops to Belgium in late August. ""Goliath"" then took part in operations against German East Africa, participating in the blockade of the German light cruiser in the Rufiji River. From March 1915, she was part of the Dardanelles Campaign, and remained in support of the landings at Gallipoli in April. On 13 May 1915 ""Goliath"" was sunk in Morto Bay off Cape Helles by three torpedoes from the Ottoman destroyer . Out of her crew of 750, 570 were killed in the sinking. ""Goliath"" and her"
"terms of tonnage sunk, her most successful. She attacked ""Polyphermus"" on 27 May 1942 north of Bermuda. She also sank ""Berganger"" on 2 June southeast of Cape Cod. The boat set out from St. Nazaire for the last time on 6 August 1942. She was posted missing in the Bay of Biscay from that date, with no explanation for her loss. Forty-nine men died with ""U-578""; there were no survivors. Sunk on 10 August 1942 in the Bay of Biscay by depth charges from a Czechoslovakian aircraft of No. 311 Squadron RAF. This attack was on . Damage was minor."
"On 7th May 1915, she was returning from the United States on the RMS Lusitania with her father and his secretary Arnold Rhys-Evans, when it was torpedoed at 14:10 by German submarine U-20. Whilst her father and his secretary made it onto a lifeboat, having been blown overboard Margaret spent a long period clinging to a piece of board before being rescued by the Irish trawler ""Bluebell"", recalled in her 1933 autobiography ""This Was My World"". By the time she was rescued and taken to Queenstown, Margaret had fallen unconscious from hypothermia. After a period in hospital, she then spent"
"about from the time of the torpedoing to her final resting place, leaving a trail of debris and people behind. After her bow sank completely, ""Lusitania""s stern rose out of the water, enough for her propellers to be seen, and went under. ""Lusitania"" sank in only 18 minutes, off the Old Head of Kinsale. It took several hours for help to arrive from the Irish coast, but by the time help had arrived, many in the water had succumbed to the cold. By the days' end, 764 passengers and crew from ""Lusitania"" had been rescued and landed at Queenstown. Eventually,"
"officers walked over the side into the rising water, leaving behind many Italians who were still too afraid to leave the ship. At 0720 hrs the ship rolled over, raised her bow in the air and sank. 805 people were killed, including Captain Moulton, 12 of his officers, 42 of his crew and 37 of the military guards. At 0930 hrs an RAF Coastal Command Short Sunderland flying boat flew over and dropped watertight bags containing first aid kits, food, cigarettes and a message that help was coming. The aircraft circled until 1300 hrs, when the Canadian C-class destroyer HMCS"
"The American vessel SS ""Tuscania"" was torpedoed by UB-77 on 5 February with the loss of over 160 lives and now lies in deep water west of the Mull of Oa. On 6 October HMS ""Otranto"" was involved in a collision with HMS ""Kashmir"" in heavy seas while convoying troops from New York. ""Otranto"" lost steering and drifted towards the west coast of the Rinns. Answering her SOS the destroyer HMS ""Mounsey"" attempted to come alongside and managed to rescue over 350 men. Nonetheless, the ""Otranto"" was wrecked on the shore near Machir Bay with a total loss of 431"
"the Gulf of Maine, and sank. On 5 July 1943, to the west of Port-Salut, Haiti, encountered the American-flagged steamer ""Maltran"", which was part of Convoy GTMO-134. ""U-759"" fired torpedoes and at least one hit the vessel. ""Maltran"" sank within 15 minutes of being hit, though all of her crew survived and escaped the danger in lifeboats. The crew was later rescued by . On 7 July, ""U-759"" torpedoed the Dutch cargo ship ""Poelau Roebiah"", in Convoy TAG-70. The ship sank just east of Jamaica, taking down two men. Sixty-eight others were rescued. After sinking ""Poelau Roebiah"" ""U-759"" was chased"
"""Lancastria"" Association names 1,738 people known to have been killed. In 2005, Fenby wrote that estimates of the death toll vary from fewer than people although it is also estimated that as many as 6,500 people perished, the largest loss of life in British maritime history. Rudolph Sharp survived the sinking and went on to command the , losing his life on 12 September 1942 when that ship was torpedoed and sunk off West Africa. The immense loss of life was such that the British government suppressed news of the disaster through the D-Notice system, but the story was broken"
"the final death toll for the disaster came to a catastrophic number. Of the 1,959 passengers and crew aboard ""Lusitania"" at the time of her sinking, 1,195 had been lost. In the days following the disaster, the Cunard line offered local fishermen and sea merchants a cash reward for the bodies floating all throughout the Irish Sea, some floating as far away as the Welsh coast. In all, only 289 bodies were recovered, 65 of which were never identified. The bodies of many of the victims were buried at either Queenstown, where 148 bodies were interred in the Old Church"