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-218 the last British ship to be sunk as the result of World War II. The steam fishing vessel "Kurd" was sunk on 10 July 1945 after hitting a British mine off Lizard Head The wreck of the U-boat was identified by marine archaeologist Innes McCartney in 2001 off Malin Head. "U-218" took part in seven wolfpacks, namely. German submarine U-218 German submarine "U-218" was a Type VIID mine-laying U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. Laid down on 17 March 1941 as yard number 650 and launched on 5 December, she was commissioned on 24 January 1942 under