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 trade. She sank on her
German submarine U-626 the last U-boat of 1942 to be sunk by an American agency, and it was not known until after the war that "Ingham" had sunk "U-626". German submarine U-626 The German submarine "U-626" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The ship was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg, and commissioned in May 1942. After six months of basic training she was assigned to the 6th U-boat Flotilla. "U-262" sailed from Bergen in December 1942 on her first operational voyage. She was sunk seven days later by a single depth charge from USCGC