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-24 (1936) by the Soviet Union in early 1945, but sunk as target practice by the on 26 May 1947, off Sevastopol (also sunk that same day was the former ). German submarine U-24 (1936) German submarine "U-24" was a Type IIB U-boat that was in service of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was laid down on 21 April 1936 at the F. Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel with yard number 554, launched on 24 September and commissioned into the "Kriegsmarine" on 10 October. "Oberleutnant zur See" Heinz Buchholz took command on 3 July 1937. German Type IIB submarines were