print email comment close Lusitania Online URL: http://www.lusitania.net/ Description: Information about the design and history of the R.M.S. Lusitania , its sinking by a German U-boat torpedo (May 7, 1915), and the rescue of its survivors. There is also a biographical article on Captain William Thomas Turner, her last master. There is also information about the submarine that attacked her, U20 , and its captain, Kapitan-Leutnant Walther Schwieger. Publisher: The Lusitania Historical Society Library of Congress Subject Headings: Lusitania (Steamship) World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations -- Submarine World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, German LII Database Information: Record 16549 created by Martha Gifford on 05/19/2002 Last modification on 05/22/2002 Published: 05/19/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/16549