![The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on 7 May 1915 during the First World War, by a German U-boat, hitting the Lusitania twice with torpedoes, sinking within 18 The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on 7 May 1915 during the First World War, by a German U-boat, hitting the Lusitania twice with torpedoes, sinking within 18](https://cdn.superstock.com/4220/Comp/4220-20434794.webp)
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on 7 May 1915 during the First World War, by a German U-boat, hitting the Lusitania twice with torpedoes, sinking within 18
![Was the Lusitania our war crime: 1,198 passengers died when the liner sank in 1915 - but was a German torpedo really to blame? | Daily Mail Online Was the Lusitania our war crime: 1,198 passengers died when the liner sank in 1915 - but was a German torpedo really to blame? | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/12/article-0-14059853000005DC-49_634x380.jpg)
Was the Lusitania our war crime: 1,198 passengers died when the liner sank in 1915 - but was a German torpedo really to blame? | Daily Mail Online
![RMS Lusitania Cunard Line ocean liner, torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in 1915, during World War One Stock Photo - Alamy RMS Lusitania Cunard Line ocean liner, torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in 1915, during World War One Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/EFB961/rms-lusitania-cunard-line-ocean-liner-torpedoed-and-sunk-by-a-german-EFB961.jpg)