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-250 German submarine U-250 German submarine "U-250" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's navy ("Kriegsmarine") during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 9 January 1943 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as yard number 684. She was launched on 11 November 1943 and commissioned on 12 December under the command of "Kapitänleutnant" Werner-Karl Schmidt. In one patrol, she sank one ship. The boat was sunk by the Soviet submarine chaser "MO103" in the Gulf of Finland (Baltic) in July 1944. German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. "U-250" had