Which British liner was sunk by a German submarine in 1915?
Presidency of Woodrow Wilson commercial British steamship "Falaba" was sunk by a German submarine with the loss of 111 lives, including one American. In the spring of 1915 a German bomb struck an American ship, the "Cushing" and a German submarine torpedoed an American tanker, the "Gulflight". Wilson took the view, based on some reasonable evidence, that both incidents were accidental, and that a settlement of claims could be postponed to the end of the war. A German submarine torpedoed and sank the British ocean liner RMS "Lusitania" in May 1915; over a thousand perished, including many Americans. Wilson did not call for war;
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