mauretania ship sinking

When RMS Mauretania first set sail on 16 November 1907 from Liverpool to New York, she was the Cunard company's most luxurious ocean liner. She was also the largest and fastest ship in the world at the time. Of course, First Class passengers travelled in style but there had been major improvements to the quality of Third-Class accommodation, too. Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Lusitania was on its 202 nd Atlantic crossing when it was sunk by a German U-Boat in May, 1915. The event is widely believed to have impelled the United States into World War I, but it was