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IMAGO International History, Archive, First World War, WWI, Sinking of the Lusitania 1915

Feb 13, 2025

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  • Lusitania arriving at Dock, New York City, New York, USA, Bain News Service, September 1907 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa02802
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED LUSITANIA -- Ship with fans, 1914. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED German Submarines in harbor, between c1914 and c1915. German submarines in a harbor. Front row (left to right): U-22, U-20 (sank the Lusitania), U-19 and U-21. Back row (left to right): U-14, U-10 and U-12. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO
  • First World War (1914-1918): The English liner Lusitania (Cunard Line) sinking after the explosion of the torpedo sent by a German submarine on 7 May 1915. XEE4168027 First World War (1914-1918): The English liner Lusitania (Cunard Line) sinking after the explosion of the torpedo sent by a German submarine on 7 May 1915. by Unknown Artist, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: First World War (1914-1918): The English liner Lusitania (Cunard Line) sinking after the explosion of the torpedo sent by a German submarine on 7 May 1915.); Stefano Bianchetti. Copyright: xStefanoxBianchettix xBridgemanxImagesx 4168027
  • The RMS Lusitania, British ocean liner, leaving New York for its last travel (it s going to be torpedoed by Germans near irish coasts on May 7, 1915) 1700476 The RMS Lusitania, British ocean liner, leaving New York for its last travel (it s going to be torpedoed by Germans near irish coasts on May 7, 1915) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: The RMS Lusitania, British ocean liner, leaving New York for its last travel (it s going to be torpedoed by Germans near irish coasts on may 7, 1915)). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 1700476
  • WWI: LUSITANIA, 1915. Friends and family meeting survivors from the sinking of the RMS Lusitania at Euston Station in London. Photograph, May 1915. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0645810
  • WWI: LUSITANIA, 1915. Lieutenant Allan of the British Army talking to a bereaved survivor of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. Photograph, May 1915. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0645805
  • WWI: LUSITANIA, 1915. Survivors from the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in Cobh, Ireland. Left to right: Edwin Martin Collis, Dora Wolfenden, Harriet Plank, Sarah Rose Lohden, Elsie Lohden, and J. Milford. Photograph, May 1915. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0645804
  • WWI: LUSITANIA, 1915. Martin Mannion, a survivor from the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, holding the lifebelt that kept him afloat. Photograph, 1915. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0645802
  • WWI: LUSITANIA, 1915. Cuban Consul General Julian De Ayala, wearing a borrowed coat, after being rescued, nearly naked, from the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. Photograph, May 1915. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0645801
  • WWI: LUSITANIA, 1915. Helen Smythe, a young survivor who lost her family in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. Photograph, 24 May 1915. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0645800
  • WWI: LUSITANIA, 1915. A crowd outside of the Cunard Line office in Liverpool, England, awaiting news of survivors from the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. Photograph, May 1915. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0645797
  • WWI: LUSITANIA, 1915. One hundred thirty victims from the sinking of the RMS Lusitania buried in a single large grave in Cobh, Ireland. Photograph, 10 May 1915. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0645796
  • WWI: LUSITANIA, 1915. A crowd outside of the Cunard Line office in Liverpool, England, awaiting news of survivors from the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. Photograph, May 1915. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0645795
  • WWI: LUSITANIA, 1915. A flag-draped body of an American victim from the sinking of RMS Lusitania being carried to a temporary morgue in Cobh, Ireland. Photograph, May 1915. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0645794
  • WWI: LUSITANIA, 1915. Coffins of victims from the RMS Lusitania, sunk by a German u-boat, in the streets of Cobh, Ireland. Photograph, May 1915. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0645793
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The Lusitania, c1907. The RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906, She held the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing in 1908. On 7 May 1915, the Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine off the south of Ireland, with the loss of 1,198 lives. Although unarmed, she was carrying munitions. The sinking presaged the United States declaration of war on Germany two years later. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxUnknownx IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxUnknownx IMAGO
  • German s showing guns on the Lusitania 1915 The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on 7 May 1915 during the First World War, by a German U-boat, hitting the Lusitania twice with torpedoes, sinking within 18 minutes, killing 1198 passengers. Germany released a false statement that the Lusitania carried guns, with two quick-fires behind armoured-shields are shown on the upper deck forward, on either side of the forecastle near bows. Date: 7 May 1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10699034
  • The Lusitania struck by a torpedo A page from the Illustrated London News showing three sketches of a series of five by Oliver Bernard, a scenic artist at the Covent Garden Opera, who was on board the Lusitania, and survived, when it was hit and sunk by a torpedo fired by a German submarine Date: 7 May 1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10691464
  • Cunard Liner Lusitania 1915 The Cunard liner Lusitania was torpedoed by German submarine off the south coast of Ireland on 7th May 1915, and sank within half an hour, of the 1,906 persons on board, only 708 were saved. The ruthless destruction of non - combatents did much to bring the United States into World War One. Date: 1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13846819
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The sinking of the Lusitania , 7 May 1915. Artist: Unknown Copyright:xAnnxRonanxPicturexLibrary Heritage-Imagesx IMAGO ,1156190 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:AnnxRonanxPicturexLibrary Heritage-Imagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The boat deck of the Lusitania, showing lifeboats , 1915. Artist: Unknown. Copyright:xThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2650038 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The lifeboats of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). On 7 May 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank the Lusitania off the south-west coast of Ireland near Kinsale. Although an unarmed passenger ship, she was carrying munitions. 1198 people lost their lives, of whom 128 were US citizens. The sinking was a main cause of America s entry into World War I. The lifeboats of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). Artist: Samuel Begg
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Passenger ship Lusitania ca. 1910-1915 . 1062_05_M_-4900-
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Passenger ship Lusitania ca. 1910-1915 . 1062_05_M_-4899-
  • LUSITANIA, 1907-1914, New York City: tug easing ship into pier, 6 March 1914 Copyright: xpiemagsx bainloctpie08092022-889 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • The great ocean liner Lusitania leaving New York The great ocean liner Lusitania leaving New York 1915 United States Washington. Archives nationales Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A06_255
  • Liverpool , Liverpudlians avenge death of men lost on Lusitania , wreck German shop . 15 May 1915, Liverpool Merseyside United Kingdom England United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1301853
  • RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner; holder of the Blue Riband and briefly the world s biggest ship. She was launched by the Cunard Line in 1906; at a time of fierce competition for the North Atlantic trade. In 1915 she was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat; causing the deaths of 1;198 passengers and crew WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_049_0014
  • First World War Headlines from the Daily Express : The World s Greatest and Foulest Crime - Lusitania torpedoed and sunk in fifteen minutes . With inset of a mass grave of coffins and a warning notice from the Imperial German Embassy in Washington DC , USA 8 May 1915 Mono Book Illustration !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1170223