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The Lusitania sank 109 years ago today!

In May 1915 the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania was steaming off the Irish coast when she was attacked by a German submarine. The ensuing chain of events led to the ship's loss and a horrifying final plunge that saw hundreds of people fighting for their very lives. In today's episode we'll bear witness to Lusitania's last minutes and see how her passengers survived or perished in the span of mere minutes.

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by Anonymousreply 29August 2, 2024 3:21 AM

I Love Lusitania.

by Anonymousreply 1May 7, 2024 10:31 PM

Op are you a survivor?

by Anonymousreply 2May 7, 2024 10:36 PM

Turns out she was carrying some war materiel, so were the Germans justified?

by Anonymousreply 3May 7, 2024 10:51 PM

When the Lusitania was torpedoed by a U-boat off the southwest coast of Ireland during the Great War, twelve hundred men, women and children lost their lives. And among them, Father.

by Anonymousreply 4May 7, 2024 10:52 PM

I'm sure some DLers were on it that post here, and still don't look a day over 35.

Crank up the Victrola and let's sing Abide with Me in memoriam!

by Anonymousreply 5May 7, 2024 10:55 PM

we know maxx.

by Anonymousreply 6May 8, 2024 12:09 AM

I was celebrating my 75th birthday!

by Anonymousreply 7May 8, 2024 12:12 AM

DL fave Luise Rainer was actually alive then.

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by Anonymousreply 8May 8, 2024 5:08 AM

Was dewy ingenue Catherine Zeta-Jones on board?

by Anonymousreply 9May 8, 2024 5:13 AM

Thank God I survived.

by Anonymousreply 10May 8, 2024 5:14 AM

^But the 90 million men that you were to give an STD after surviving this feel much differently.

by Anonymousreply 11May 8, 2024 7:31 AM

What's so special about 109?

by Anonymousreply 12May 8, 2024 7:50 AM

[quote] so were the Germans justified?

Absolutely so. The civilian passengers were used by the Brits as human shields to sneak the munitions aboard into the UK. The last I saw on the subject the wreck was still off-limits for divers under orders from the Royall Navy.

Additionally Lusitania's construction was subsidized by the Admiralty on condition it be designed and built to serve as an auxiliary warship for the Navy.

The Germans gave potential passengers fair warning but were ignored.

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by Anonymousreply 13May 8, 2024 9:55 AM

The funny thing – well, I don't know if funny is the right word – is that the Germans stopped their policy of unrestricted naval warfare after the Lusitania outrage. And resumed it again after six months because they really had no other choice.

People sometimes imagine this event is what caused the Americans to enter the war the very next day, but that wasn't the case. It did help shift the American public opinion against Germany, though.

by Anonymousreply 14May 8, 2024 10:30 AM

Only on DL would someone beat me to that, R4. Nice.

by Anonymousreply 15May 8, 2024 10:40 AM

In 1918 there was a brilliant piece of Hate-the-Hun propaganda produced about the sinking. I can just imagine audiences of the day weeping as they watched the cartoon.

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by Anonymousreply 16May 8, 2024 1:28 PM

Animated Cartoons!

by Anonymousreply 17May 8, 2024 1:33 PM

Loose taint yeah

by Anonymousreply 18May 8, 2024 2:04 PM

I’m listening to a historical novel called THE GLASS OCEAN about the sinking of the Lusitania on Audible right now. It’s one of those novels written by three women, each taking the point of view of a different character, a rich married woman on the boat (Rose), a jewel thief in second class (Jack) and a modern day descendant of a survivor (Bill Paxton).

by Anonymousreply 19May 8, 2024 4:15 PM

Oceanliner Designs YouTube channel has this fabulous video with music…

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by Anonymousreply 20August 1, 2024 11:48 PM

Why do trolls with sock puppets keep bumping up their old threads?

by Anonymousreply 21August 1, 2024 11:59 PM

Sharp elbows baby. I hefted to old ladies out of the lifeboat so there would be room for me and my case of wigs.

by Anonymousreply 22August 2, 2024 12:03 AM

R21, then don’t read the posts. You are the troll here.

by Anonymousreply 23August 2, 2024 12:25 AM

Gary thought the buffet not as tasty as Titanic's.

by Anonymousreply 24August 2, 2024 12:34 AM

A honey trap for the Germans, so after a justified attack the US could enter the war, contrary to what Wilson had pledged, after stoked public outrage

... officially listed as an auxiliary war ship, her cargo had included an estimated 4,200,000 rounds of rifle cartridges, 1,250 empty shell cases, and 18 cases of non-explosive fuzes, which was openly listed as such in her cargo manifest

by Anonymousreply 25August 2, 2024 12:52 AM

[quote] A honey trap for the Germans, so after a justified attack the US could enter the war, contrary to what Wilson had pledged, after stoked public outrage

You keep using that term. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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by Anonymousreply 26August 2, 2024 2:01 AM

Common "internet knowledge" Winston Churchill was captain of the submarine.

by Anonymousreply 27August 2, 2024 2:13 AM

R21 its the anniversary of the sinking

by Anonymousreply 28August 2, 2024 2:20 AM

[quote] Why do trolls with sock puppets keep bumping up their old threads?

R21, as I've noted over the years, it’s a tactic used by DeFacto in the run up to the 2020 election. He’d bump old threads, typically from 2015, when there was significant negative news about his orange god or positive news about Biden. This was apparently done in order to bury threads about such negative news. It appears that same tactic is being used in this election cycle.

by Anonymousreply 29August 2, 2024 3:21 AM
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