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Picture No 10215235
Date 1915
Description The Lost Cunarder
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Photograph of the 'Lusitania', 'a floating palace', torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on May 7th 1915 with the loss of 1200 lives. As well as carrying a large cargo of munitions, the passengers included 100 neutral Americans. The incident was to play a part in bringing the United States into World War I.
Source The Illustrated London News, 15 May 1915, page 628
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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