The Lusitania wasn’t just a passenger ship — it was a symbol of power, speed, and prestige. But in wartime, symbols become targets. This video breaks down what happened during the ship’s final moments ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- On May 7, it will be exactly 100 years since the sinking of the luxury steamship Lusitania by a German submarine. A new best-selling novel is exploring the question: Did it have to ...

Lusitania sank in 1915 in just 18 minutes, taking over a thousand lives with it. But the tragedy also sent rare artifacts, ...

At about 2 p.m. on May 7, 1915, Theodate Pope of Farmington, and her companion, Harvard man, Edwin Friend, were strolling along the promenade deck of the ocean liner R.M.S. Lusitania on the starboard ...

The legends of lost ships call to us like siren songs. We never tire of the Titanic's re-telling, and as we near the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania -- on May 7 -- there are two new ...

One hundred years ago, 128 Americans died among more than a thousand in the sinking of what was then the greatest ocean liner in the world. In response, the U.S. entered World War I. That's the story ...

On May 7, 1915, the ocean liner RMS Lusitania was attacked by a German submarine on its way to Liverpool, UK from New York. The ship’s sinking and the 1198 deaths that resulted from it marked a ...

For one reason or another, these lucky souls never boarded the doomed ship whose sinking launched America’s involvement in WWI Greg Daugherty History Correspondent On May 7, 1915, the Lusitania was ...

The RMS Lusitania - sunk during the First World War - has been recreated in 3D alongside hundreds of other vessels submerged in Ireland’s territorial waters. Coastal waters around the island are being ...