what submarine sunk the lusitania
Sinking of the Lusitania. On May 7, 1915, the German submarine (U-boat) U-20 torpedoed and sank the Lusitania, a swift-moving British cruise liner traveling from New York to Liverpool, England. Of the 1,959 men, women, and children on board, 1,195 perished, including 123 Americans. A headline in the New York Times the following dayâDivergent Views of the Sinking of The Lusitaniaâsums up the initial public response to the disaster.