Название: The Lusitania Saga and Myth: 100 Years On
Автор: David Ramsay
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473821762
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 256
Размер: 17,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

The SS Lusitania entered service with Cunard in 1907. The first transatlantic express liner powered by marine turbines, she could complete the Liverpool-New York crossing in five days and had a top speed of 25 knots. She restored the British supremacy of the key North Atlantic route which the Germans had seized. All this ended on 7 May 1915 when she was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sank 18 minutes later with the loss of 1,198 passengers and crew (interestingly 39% of those aboard survived whereas only 32% of those on the Titanic survived despite the latter taking 2 hours, 40 minutes to sink.)