On May 7, 1915, "Lusitania" was nearing the end of her 202nd crossing, bound for Liverpool from New York, and was scheduled to dock at the Prince's Landing Stage later that afternoon. Aboard her were 1,266 passengers and a crew of 696, which combined totaled to 1,962 people. She was running parallel to the south coast of Ireland, and was roughly off the Old Head of Kinsale when the liner crossed in front of at 2:10 pm. Due to the liner's great speed, some believe the intersection of the German U-boat and the liner to be coincidence, as "U-20" could hardly have caught the fast vessel otherwise. There are discrepancies concerning the speed of "Lusitania", as it had been reported traveling not near its full speed. Walther Schwieger, the commanding officer of the U-boat, gave the order to fire one torpedo, which struck "Lusitania" on the starboard bow, just beneath the wheelhouse. Moments later, a second explosion erupted from within "Lusitania"s hull where the torpedo had struck, and the ship began to founder much more rapidly, with a prominent list to starboard.