What was the name of the British ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, killing over 1100 people?
U-boat was cited as a retaliation for British minefields and shipping blockades. Under the instructions given to U-boat captains, they could sink merchant ships, even potentially neutral ones, without warning. In February 1915, a submarine "U-6" ("Lepsius") was rammed and both periscopes were destroyed off Beachy Head by the collier "SS Thordis" commanded by Captain John Bell RNR after firing a torpedo. On 7 May 1915, sank the liner RMS "Lusitania". The sinking claimed 1,198 lives, 128 of them American civilians, and the attack of this unarmed civilian ship deeply shocked the Allies. According to the ship's manifest, "Lusitania" was carrying
German submarine U-32 (1937) command of Hans Jenisch, sank the 42,348-ton liner , which had been previously damaged by German bombs. "Empress" was the largest ship sunk by a U-boat. "U-32" was sunk northwest of Ireland, in position , by depth charges from the British destroyers and on 30 October 1940. Nine crew members were killed; 33 survived and became prisoners of war, including Jenisch. Jenisch then spent six and a half years in British captivity before returning to Germany in June 1947. "U-32" took part in one wolfpack, namely. German submarine U-32 (1937) German submarine "U-32" was a Type VIIA U-boat of Nazi