RMS Lusitania was a British-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915, about 11 nautical miles (20 kilometres) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland.

On the afternoon of 7 May, a German U-boat torpedoed Lusitania 11 miles (18 km) off the southern coast of Ireland inside the declared war zone. A second internal explosion occurred. The damage caused her to sink in 18 minutes, killing 1,197 passengers and crew. Hundreds of bodies washed ashore, but most were never found.

The Integrated Mapping For the Sustainable Development of Ireland's Marine Resource details in a report the exact location and details of the RMS Lusitania's wreck site. Lusitania lies off the Old Head of Kinsale between the major ports of Baltimore and Cobh in Ireland.

2024年12月17日 · Lusitania, British ocean liner, the sinking of which by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, contributed indirectly to the entry of the United States into World War I. The sinking led to the deaths of 1,198 people, including 128 U.S. citizens, …

During the 2011 season’s dives, which were hampered by bad weather and some equipment problems, they were able to get a small ROV called Video-ray inside the forward hold, through a breach in the Port side of the hull caused by the wreck’s natural deterioration.

2017年7月31日 · Last week, the Irish Ministry of Culture and Heritage confirmed that divers have recovered the main ship's telegraph from the RMS Lusitania, the Cunard ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat on...

2022年11月20日 · Despite bad weather, entanglement hazards, and a deteriorating subject (not to mention a pandemic), a dedicated team continues to document this historically important wreck off the Irish coast. A new book of photos gives a fresh, never-before seen picture of the wreck.

2015年5月8日 · New incredible images show the wrecks of the RMS Lusitania, a passenger ship from the WWI, which took the life of nearly 1,200 people. According to Joe McHugh, the Minister for natural resources of Ireland, the sonar image data will allow "new research and analysis".

The RMS Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat, U-20, on May the 7th 1915. To this day the source of the second explosion, causing this magnificent passenger liner to sink beneath the waves in just 18 minutes, bringing with her …

Lusitania had traveled about two miles from where she had been torpedoed to her final resting place, leaving a trail of destruction in her wake. It was a beautiful, clear, calm day with the lighthouse of the Old Head of Kinsale visible in the distance.