Sinking of the RMS Lusitania significant "false flag" controversy left the ship; Cunard later explained that he was "tired and really ill." He was replaced with a new commander, Captain William Thomas Turner, who had previously commanded "Lusitania", "Mauretania", and "Aquitania" in the years before the war. On 17 April 1915, "Lusitania" left Liverpool on her 201st transatlantic voyage, arriving in New York on 24 April. A group of German–Americans, hoping to avoid controversy if "Lusitania" were attacked by a U-boat, discussed their concerns with a representative of the German Embassy. The embassy decided to warn passengers before her next crossing not to sail aboard
German submarine U-218 the last British ship to be sunk as the result of World War II. The steam fishing vessel "Kurd" was sunk on 10 July 1945 after hitting a British mine off Lizard Head The wreck of the U-boat was identified by marine archaeologist Innes McCartney in 2001 off Malin Head. "U-218" took part in seven wolfpacks, namely. German submarine U-218 German submarine "U-218" was a Type VIID mine-laying U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. Laid down on 17 March 1941 as yard number 650 and launched on 5 December, she was commissioned on 24 January 1942 under