Summary: The Sinking Of The Lusitania
Austin Horner
10/26/2015
History 102
Dr. Layth
The Sinking of the Lusitania On July 28th, 1914 World War I had officially begun between the Serbs, Austria-Hungry, then on August 1st, 1914 Russia and Germany got involved and joined two different sides. During the war, February 4th, 1915 Germany declared the oceans around Britain to be a “war zone” that means that any boat that should be in that area shall be shot down by a U-boat or a submarine. On May 1st 1915, under the control of Captain Turner, the Lusitania set sail for Liverpool, but unfortunately the Lusitania was sunk by a U-boat before it could arrive. In the book Dead Wake by Erik Larson, he describes the horror that happened during the sinking of the Lusitania. The sinking of the …show more content…
The Lusitania set sail for Liverpool on May 1st, under the control of Captain Turner. The sailing for the Lusitania went well until May 7th, 1915. On May 7th a U-boat named U-20 under the command of Schwieger had spotted the Lusitania. The U-20 shot a torpedo at the boat and it made a direct impact. “As the torpedo passed from the view below the edge of the deck…we all had a kind of hope that maybe it wouldn’t explode… In the next instant, 350 pounds of explosives detonated against the plates of the hull, at a point under the bridge about 10 feet below the water line.” Captain Turner told everyone not to panic because the Lusitania was to great of a ship to sink at least that’s what he thought at the time. During the sinking the things that people saw terrified them as they could do nothing to save them. Schwieger described his view of the sinking of the Lusitania, “The ship was sinking with unbelievable rapidity. There was a terrific panic on her deck. Overcrowded lifeboats…Desperate people ran helplessly up and down the decks. Men and
10/26/2015
History 102
Dr. Layth
The Sinking of the Lusitania On July 28th, 1914 World War I had officially begun between the Serbs, Austria-Hungry, then on August 1st, 1914 Russia and Germany got involved and joined two different sides. During the war, February 4th, 1915 Germany declared the oceans around Britain to be a “war zone” that means that any boat that should be in that area shall be shot down by a U-boat or a submarine. On May 1st 1915, under the control of Captain Turner, the Lusitania set sail for Liverpool, but unfortunately the Lusitania was sunk by a U-boat before it could arrive. In the book Dead Wake by Erik Larson, he describes the horror that happened during the sinking of the Lusitania. The sinking of the …show more content…
The Lusitania set sail for Liverpool on May 1st, under the control of Captain Turner. The sailing for the Lusitania went well until May 7th, 1915. On May 7th a U-boat named U-20 under the command of Schwieger had spotted the Lusitania. The U-20 shot a torpedo at the boat and it made a direct impact. “As the torpedo passed from the view below the edge of the deck…we all had a kind of hope that maybe it wouldn’t explode… In the next instant, 350 pounds of explosives detonated against the plates of the hull, at a point under the bridge about 10 feet below the water line.” Captain Turner told everyone not to panic because the Lusitania was to great of a ship to sink at least that’s what he thought at the time. During the sinking the things that people saw terrified them as they could do nothing to save them. Schwieger described his view of the sinking of the Lusitania, “The ship was sinking with unbelievable rapidity. There was a terrific panic on her deck. Overcrowded lifeboats…Desperate people ran helplessly up and down the decks. Men and