RMS Lusitania
 RMS Lusitania arriving in New York City in 1907 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | RMS Lusitania |
| Namesake | Lusitania |
| Owner |  Cunard Line |
| Port of registry | Liverpool,  United Kingdom |
| Route | Liverpool – Queenstown – New York |
| Builder | John Brown & Co, Clydebank |
| Yard number | 367 |
| Laid down | 17 August 1904 |
| Launched | 7 June 1906 |
| Christened | Mary, Lady Inverclyde |
| Acquired | 26 August 1907 |
| Maiden voyage | 7 September 1907 |
| In service | 1907 – 1915 |
| Out of service | 7 May 1915 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk on 7 May 1915 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 31,550 GRT, 12,611 NRT |
| Displacement | 44,060 long tons (44,767.0 t) |
| Length | |
| Beam | 87.8 ft (26.8 m) |
| Height | 65 ft (19.8 m) to boat deck, 165 ft (50.3 m) to aerials, 104 ft (31.7 m) from keel to top of boat deck, 144 ft (43.9 m) from keel to top of funnels |
| Draught | 33.6 ft (10.2 m) |
| Depth | 56.6 ft (17.3 m) |
| Decks | 6 passenger decks, 10 overall |
| Installed power | 25 fire-tube boilers; four direct-acting Parsons steam turbines producing 76,000 hp (57 MW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
| Capacity | 552 first class, 460 second class, 1,186 third class; 2,198 total. |
| Crew | 850 |
| Notes | First British four-funnelled ocean liner |
The RMS Lusitania was a British Ocean Liner. Built in 1907, the ship is best known for being sunk by Germany.
Many believe the Lusitania was carrying ammunition to British troops when it was torpedoed by a German U-Boat (U-20) early on 7 May 1915 during World War I.
More than a thousand people were on board, including 128 Americans. They were killed when the ship sank. At first President Woodrow Wilson only asked the German government to apologize and compensate the families of the victims.
Two years later, this and other events led to the United States joining World War I on the Allied side.
Notes
- ↑ The ship's overall length is often misquoted at either 785 or 790 feet.
References
- 1 2 Atlantic Liners.
- ↑ "Deck plans". The Lusitania Resource. 24 March 2011.
- ↑ RMS is an acronym. RMS stands for Royal Mail Ship or Steamer. RMS is a ship prefix for vessels that carry mail under contract to the British Royal Mail.
- ↑ AwesomeStories.com, Lusitania Sinking, "Lusitania"; retrieved 2012-8-21.
- ↑ AwesomeStories.com, Lusitania Sinking, "Ammunition on board?"; retrieved 2012-8-21.
- ↑ AwesomeStories.com, Lusitania Sinking, "The War Effort"; retrieved 2012-8-21.
Other websites
Media related to Lusitania (ship, 1907, Clydebank) at Wikimedia Commons
- Lusitania Myths Archived 2025-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Archived 2025-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Lusitania deadly cargo Archived 2015-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Captain Turner of the Lusitania
- The Home Port of RMS Lusitania – Lusitania.net
- RMSLusitania.info Archived 2024-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
- RMS Lusitania on the wrecksite
- British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry Archived 2007-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
