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
The World That Never Was and his sympathy for his subjects. Writing for "The A.V. Club", Samantha Nelson gave the book a rating of "B-", explaining that "Butterworth's fascination with the era is a mixed blessing"; while Clif Garboden of the "Boston Phoenix" questioned the book's style and presentation but described it as "interesting, important, impressively (too) thorough, fair, and eye-opening". In the "International Socialist Review", Eric Kerl wrote ""The World That Never Was" brilliantly contextualizes the political radicalism of the time", but criticised Butterworth's ambivalence towards Marxism and Leninism and lack of an analysis of revolutionary strategy. The World That Never Was The World