[DOC] [TLE] Walther Schwieger - Wikipedia [PAR] Walther Schwieger (7 April 1885  5 September 1917) was a U-boat commander 
in the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) during First World War. In 1915
, he sank the passenger liner RMS Lusitania with the loss of 1,198 lives. Military 
career[edit]. Schwieger (bottom right) in a 1906 group photograph of torpedo 
division ... On 7 May 1915, Schwieger was responsible for U-20's torpedoing of 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Walter Schwieger (1885 - 1917) - Find A Grave Memorial [PAR] Jan 16, 2000 ... He is best remembered for his sinking the British ship, RMS ... Schweiger was in 
command of the U-20, one of the German Navy's ... of May 7, 1915, off the coast 
of Ireland, U-20 fired a single torpedo into the ... becoming the 7th highest scoring 
German U-Boat commander of ... Do you have a photo to add? [DOC] [TLE] German submarine sinks Lusitania - May 07, 1915 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On this day in History, German submarine sinks Lusitania on May 07, 1915. ... 
Celtic Sea, the 32,000-ton ship was hit by an exploding torpedo on its starboard 
side. ... Wilson's actions On the afternoon of May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner 
.... On this day in 1763, Major Henry Gladwin, British commander of Fort Detroit, 
foils... [DOC] [TLE] The Sinking of the Lusitania, 1915 - EyeWitness to History [PAR] The German submarine U-20 had entered the Irish Sea on May 5 and now, the ... 
As a result, Captain Walter Schwieger, the ship's commander, decided to ... On 
the afternoon of May 7 she was steaming off the coast of Ireland within ... A 
second explosion must have followed that of the torpedo (boiler or coal or 
powder?). [DOC] [TLE] The personality of Walter Schwieger | Encyclopedia Titanica ... [PAR] Jun 28, 2004 ... I suspect he did not expect to sink the ship with a single torpedo. .... the German 
Navy officers were well aware of the high command's and ... Had the war gone 
the other way, we may have seen war crimes trials resulting. .... On February 1 
1915 Schwieger had tried to sink the British hospital ship Asturies. [DOC] [TLE] SM U-20 - The Lusitania Resource [PAR] The SM U-20 was a German U-19 Type submarine built for the Kaiserliche 
Marine. ... ship sank by U-20 was the Cunard passenger ship RMS Lusitania in 
May 1915, that ... Under the command of Kapitanleutnant Walther Schwieger, the 
submarine ... U-20 also fired a torpedo at the British steamer Cayo Romano, 
which was... [DOC] [TLE] Sinking of the RMS Lusitania | Prologue: Pieces of History [PAR] Jun 2, 2015 ... In retaliation the German High Command contemplated something unthinkable in 
... On the morning of May 7, 1915, U-20, a German submarine, spotted the ... U-
20's captain, Walther Schweiger, noted in the log that the torpedo ... anyone 
aboard only to have passengers jump directly into the boat, which... [DOC] [TLE] Hunters - Lusitania Online [PAR] At the time he infamously sank the Lusitania on May 7th 1915, Schwieger was 30 
years old. ... He was the 8th U-boat commander to receive this covetted award. 
..... when in 1915, Kapitan Schwieger of the German submarine U20, gave the 
order to 'ready' the torpedo, which was then fired at the British passenger ship. [DOC] [TLE] Erik Larson recounts the fatal crossing of the ocean liner Lusitania ... [PAR] Mar 13, 2015 ... On May 1, 1915, this floating village in steel, the jewel of Britain's Cunard line ... 
of a single submarine commander whether America will or will not declare war. 
Thirty-two-year-old Walther Schwieger, in command of the U-20, ... ruefully at it 
and said he would hate to have a torpedo get him before he ate it. [DOC] [TLE] Sinking of the Lusitania - Spartacus Educational [PAR] At 1.20pm on 7th May 1915, the U-20, only ten miles from the coast of Ireland, ... 
Soon afterwards Captain Schwieger, the commander

Question: On May 7, 1915 German submarine commander Walter Schweiger gave the command to torpedo this British liner
Answer: the Lusitania