RMS Lusitania Sinking of the RMS Lusitania. 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 off the southern coast of Ireland. The sinking presaged the United States declaration of war on Germany in 1917. The ship was a holder of the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing and was briefly the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of her sister ship . The Cunard Line launched "Lusitania" in 1906, at a time of fierce competition for the North Atlantic
German submarine U-132 (1941) 120 Squadron RAF. The 120 Squadron attack, in the same area southeast of Cape Farewell where "U-132" inadvertently sunk herself, had actually been on operating nearby, causing severe damage but not sinking her. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Credit for sinking this vessel belongs to "U-442" German submarine U-132 (1941) German submarine "U-132" was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" for service during World War II. She was laid down on 10 August 1940 by Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack as yard number 11, launched on 10 April 1941 and commissioned on 29 May that year under "Oberleutnant zur See" Ernst Vogelsang. In four