RMS Lusitania, infamously, was intentionally sunk by hostile action. U-20, one of the dreaded German U-boats, struck it with a torpedo in May of 1915, unknowingly becoming one of the most ...

THE centenary of the sinking of Clyde-built ocean liner Lusitania during World War One is to be marked by a music and poetry event this week.

It was far from the only one, though, as Germany had targeted other non-military vessels in the months following the sinking of Lusitania and would ultimately target U.S. civilian ships too.

Hampton Roads had good reason to feel connected to the far-off war in Europe when daylight broke over the harbor on May 7, 1915. At least half-a-dozen British freighters anchored in the James River… ...

"When the RMS Lusitania left Cunard’s Pier 54 in New York on what would prove its last trip, heading for Liverpool on May 1 1915, Britain was at war not only in the trenches of France but in the ...

These fascinating images show the RMS Lusitania, which became a watery grave for nearly 1,200 innocents when it was torpedoed by a German sub in the First World War. The disaster, 100 years ago ...

This commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania was held by the National Press Club and the U.S. World War One Centennial Commission at the National Press Club ...