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-182 German submarine U-182 German submarine "U-182" was a Type IX D 2 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" which served in World War II. Her keel was laid down on 7 April 1941 at DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen as yard number 1022; she was launched on 3 March 1942 and commissioned on 30 June of the same year. She carried out a single war patrol, sinking five merchant vessels and spending 159 days at sea. "U-182" was probably sunk near Madeira on 16 May 1943 by . 61 crew members and three prisoners of war died. The boat had been unsuccessfully