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-972 "U-972", it is reported that she sank by one of her own circling T5 torpedoes. But now it is believed she was sunk by Allied Warships. This was her first and only patrol during World War II. The real reason of her sinking is still unknown as her last resting place remains lost. German submarine U-972 German submarine "U-972" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The "U-972" was laid down on 15 June, 1942 at the Blohm & Voss yard in Hamburg, Germany. She was launched on 22 February 1943 and commissioned on