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May 7, 1915. Fact Check RMS Lusitania One of the biggest ships of the day Traveled from New York City to Liverpool, England Torpedoed.

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11 Fact Check RMS Lusitania One of the biggest ships of the day Traveled from New York City to Liverpool, England Torpedoed by German U-Boat U-20 on May 7, 1915 Sunk 11 miles off the coast of Ireland 1195 people lost their lives / 764 rescued Sank in 18 minutes

12 Why did the Lusitania sink so fast? The Lusitania was secretly carrying 10 ½ tons of explosives from the United States to help Britain in World War I: 4,297 boxes of bullets 1,250 cases of shrapnel for grenades 3,813 forty-pound boxes of Pyroxylin high explosive

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