New York Times Reports The Cunard Liner Lusitania Sunk May 8 1915 London — the giant cunard liner lusitania, with 1,978 souls on board, including hundreds of american citizens — scores of them famous on both sides of the atlantic — was torpedoed and sunk by a german submarine off the irish coast at 2.15 o’clock yesterday afternoon. a despatch sent from liverpool at 9.30 says that the lusitania was. New york: the free press macmillan. $8.95. in 1973, a hew book appeared, cohn simpson's “the lusitania,” which trumpeted the fact, as though it were a new find, that the ship had been carrying.
The History Reader A History Blog From St Martins Press On may 7, 1915, the german submarine (u boat) u 20 torpedoed and sank the lusitania, a swift moving british cruise liner traveling from new york to liverpool, england. of the 1,959 men, women, and children on board, 1,195 perished, including 123 americans. a headline in the new york times the following day—"divergent views of the sinking of the lusitania"—sums up the initial public. The giant cunard liner lusitania, with 1,978 souls on board, was torpedoed and sunk by a german submarine. read more washington — the lusitania controversy between the united states government and germany is settled. On 8 may 1915, the german government issued a statement saying that the lusitania had been carrying war supplies, as shown on the ship’s cargo manifesto, which had been published in the new york times prior to 1 may. according to the german government, the lusitania was a legitimate military target. Sinking of the rms lusitania.
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