The Sinking of the Lusitania

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🗓️ 7 May 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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On 7 May 1915, the ocean liner RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland with more than half the passengers and crew being killed. Some of those lost were Americans and the sinking hardened opinion in the United States against Germany and marked the beginning of the process which led to the USA entering the First World War on the side of the allies. To mark the anniversary of the sinking Stephen Payne joins the podcast. Stephen is a British naval architect and worked on designing passenger ships for over 40 years and is an expert both in their construction and their history. He and Dan discuss the circumstances of the sinking, whether there was any justification for it and the effect it had on public opinion and naval policy.

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1:06.0	This episode is first broadcast on the 7th of May 2021 and on the 7th of May 1915,
1:14.0	the Cunard Ocean Liner, the Lucertainer, Sank, a victim of Germany's submarine campaign against the United Kingdom.
1:24.0	The Lucertainer was torpedoed by German U-20, its Sank just south of Ireland with around 2000 people on board,
1:32.0	which more than half were killed, including some Americans.
1:37.0	It was one of the most important waypoints on the journey that led the USA into the First World War.
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