In this documentary, we are going to examine the events surrounding probably the most significant sinking of a ship by a U-boat during the entire conflict. It is an event that would have far ...

Erik Larson explains the sinking of the Lusitania. ** This clip is part of C-SPAN Classroom's FREE resources for teachers and students. Visit www.c-spanclassroom.org for more info.

Nearly 100 years ago, a German U-boat fired a single torpedo into the hull of the RMS Lusitania, a hulking ship with record-breaking speed that was carrying nearly 2,000 people from New York City ...

Owning a fragment of history — a Gettysburg bullet, a Coolidge campaign button — is fun, so in 1968 Gregg Bemis became an owner of the Lusitania. This 787-feet-long passenger liner has been ...

Although it only took the British ocean liner Lusitania 18 minutes to sink after it was torpedoed by a German U-boat during World War I on May 7, 1915, the tragedy has been shrouded in mystery for ...

The centenary of the sinking of the Lusitania, which cost the lives of about 1,200 people, has been remembered at services in Liverpool and Ireland.

Panelists examined the wartime role of the sinking of the Lusitania, the worldwide reaction to the tragedy, and its impact on American public opinion about the war. On May 7, 1915, the RMS ...