Lusitania

The R.M.S. Lusitania was a British Passenger Vessel operated under Cunard Line. Like the Titanic, Lusitania had 4 Funnels, except all funnels were functional, but the ship also had 4 propellers. The ship was launched in 1907, prior 4 years to the Titanic. The ship entered service in World War 1, alongside her sisters Mauretania & Aquitania & rivals, Olympic & Britannic. By thar point, Titanic was already trapped at the bottom of the ocean from the iceberg collision.
== History: ==
Lusitania was the 1st Cunard Vessel to have 4 funnels, the others, being Mauretania & Aquitania. She was launched in 1907 & was 1 of the fastest passenger vessels at the time, even crossing the North Atlantic with the typical England to New York route & held the Blue Ribbond like her sisters. When World War 1 broke out, due to the assassination of Spanduke Franz Ferdinand, her funnels & lower structure were painted black to serve as a troop ship. On May 1st 1915, she left New York harbor carrying about 1,900 people, including Americans to return to New York. However, the ship was entering a very dangerous war zone & was headed for trouble, for German U-Boats were scavenging the oceans in the Celtic Sea. On May 7th, Lusitania entered heavy fog, which eventually died out, which gave U-20 the opportunity to spot the ship. Once the ship was close by, the Germans fired a single torpedo on her stardboard bow, causing her to take on a heavy list. The lifeboats were swung out, but Lusitania still kept speeding as she tilted. Due to the heavy stardboard list, only a few lifeboats were launched. The ship sank within 20 minutes taking at least 1,100 innocent souls with her. Overtime, her superstructure collapsed & she remains there to this day.
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