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-651 German submarine U-651 German submarine "U-651" was a German Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" for service during World War II. She was ordered just after the war started in 1939, laid down on 16 January 1940, launched in December that year and commissioned the following February. She was commanded by Kapitänleutnant Peter Lohmeyer. Her career was a short one. She took part in only one patrol and sank two ships in convoy Convoy HX 133: the merchantmen "Brockley Hill" and . She was sunk by the escort for the same convoy but 45 of her crew were