Lusitania Sunk by German U-Boat with 173 Tons of Munitions Aboard: 1,200 Dead, Morgan Profiteering Exposed

A German U-boat torpedoed the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania about 11 nautical miles off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, sinking the ship in just 18 minutes and killing approximately 1,200 of nearly 2,000 passengers and crew, including 128 Americans. The Germans had circulated warnings that the …