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The sinking of the "Lusitania"
Unknown, 1915, Press cutting
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The sinking of the "Lusitania"
The sinking of the "Lusitania"
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32355
Title
The sinking of the "Lusitania": The appalling crime near the old Head of Kinsale.
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From the Illustrated London News published May 15th 1915. Drawn by Norman Wilkinson.
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Unknown
Date
1915
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39.6 x 45.4 cm
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Press cutting
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Reference Library
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner. She was launched by the Cunard Line in 1906, at a time of fierce competition for the North Atlantic trade. In 1915 she was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, causing the deaths of 1,198 passengers and crew.
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