
RMS Lusitania
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Construction started | August 17, 1904 |
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Launched | June 7, 1906 |
Length | 240 m |
Builder | John Brown & Company |
Place built | Clydebank, United Kingdom |
Did you know | On May 7, 1915, the Lusitania was returning from New York to Liverpool, England. |
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ID | 693603 |
About RMS Lusitania
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner and briefly the world's largest passenger ship. The ship was sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German U-boat 11 mi off the southern coast of Ireland. The sinking presaged the United States declaration of war on Germany.