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-842 more than one hour, "U-842" was sunk by depth charges from "Wild Goose", there were no survivors. German submarine U-842 German submarine "U-842" was a Type IXC/40 U-boat built for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. "U-842" was ordered in January 1941 from DeSchiMAG AG Weser in Bremen under the yard number 1048. Her keel was laid down on 6 April 1942 and the U-boat was launched on 14 November the same year. She was commissioned into service under the command of "Kapitänleutnant" Wolfgang Heller (Crew 30) in 4th U-boat Flotilla on 1 March 1943. German Type IXC/40 submarines