RMS Lusitania
Lusitania - is a British transatlantic passenger turbo ship, which belonged (like the one-type liner" Mauritania ") to Cunard Line (Russian" Cunard Line ", full English name of Cunard Steamship Line Shipping Company). The ship was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 on May 7, 1915 and sank in 18 minutes 19 km off the coast of Ireland. Killed 1198 people from 1960 on board. The sinking of a passenger liner turned public opinion in many countries (especially the United States) against Germany.