18 Minutes....that poor mother losing her baby: the suffering so many people went through, lasting long after the initial tragedy. That photo of the baby in the coffin is heartbreaking- such similar features to my youngest son as a baby. War- good for absolutely nothing except making armaments manufacturers and their investors even richer.

@00tonytone

4 жыл бұрын

War is profitable for the war pigs, with that said its a miracle the Germans were defeated. Van Braun said they had help from aliens. I kind of believe it. The narrator sounds like Spock from star trek.

@Beastgrows

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😢😢😮😅😅😅😅🎉🎉🎉

@Beastgrows

4 ай бұрын

​@00tonytone This is WW1 not WW2 😅😅😅😅 Best comment 😅😅😅😅

Margaret Cox was travelling in Second Class with her infant son Desmond, who was 17 months old at the time. She had been born in Ireland and had immigrated to Canada in 1912, where she had been living with her husband Samuel. The two were headed for Dublin to visit a friend of Margaret, and both survived the sinking, returning to Canada sometime towards the end of the war.

I read somewhere a woman dropped her baby while boarding a boat, the baby sank into the ocean... R.I.P to everyone who lost their lives

I miss when ships actually looked like ships, not floating buildings... yuck

@Gasoline85

7 жыл бұрын

The ships from 100 years ago were beautiful.

@godlygamerxd8031

7 жыл бұрын

TS Prism I fell that way to

@Sushi2

7 жыл бұрын

Theres the Queen mary Queen mary 2 is not the same through

@dawnneyyyjohnson3692

7 жыл бұрын

TS Pris

@bekbullygotkod2163

7 жыл бұрын

now ships now are expensive. and they look like ducks

The Lusitania was amazing, beautiful ship! What a horrible tragedy the ship, passengers, and crew endured.

@Master_Blackthorne

3 жыл бұрын

@James Henderson A very lame excuse.

@JeffWarren47

2 жыл бұрын

@@Master_Blackthorne Just got hooked on this. I'm a conspiracy theorist and smell a conspiracy. Do u think this was planned by the US to get us into war?

My great great grandfather helped give the Lusitania’s steam pipes the repairs they needed shortly before it launched and got Torpedoed.

I get so distraught thinking about these beautiful early 20th century steamers dead and rusting on the bottom of the ocean. They were so elegant and sophisticated,and they truly characterized their time and its culture by not only reflecting it, but emulating it. It's a shame that man's arrogance continues to counteract, and destroy the fruits of its own labor.

@jellyjub1690

7 жыл бұрын

I agree, but some ship sinkings were just unavoidable

@shelbina08

5 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@jessicaalexandra306

3 жыл бұрын

Distraught over the beautiful ships at the bottom of the ocean but not all the people who died for nothing ?

M great grandfather Captain Dow was captain of this ship.He tried to warn Cunard Line,as he had already dodged two torpedoes. They put him on shore leave. Soon after it sank.He went on to command the Mauritania.He lived in Blundellsands,i used to visit the house when i was young.

@kenzeier2943

7 жыл бұрын

Chris massey-lynch ... That is awesome. Turner was captain when it sank. Dow is noted in the book Dead Wake. Dow got sick of the B.S. maybe. They didn't even warn Turner that the U-20 was in the area even though Room 40 was tracking it and it had been sighted 5 times on May 5 and it had sunk a small ship then. Churchill wrote in a note that they wanted the ship traffic by neutral countries and if "some of it gets into trouble, better still." Dead Wake, pages 268 & 269. Based on several things, my opinion of Churchill is quite low. These include the Boer War, WWI and his bombing of Dresden or shall I say terror bombing of it.

@kevincoffey3094

5 жыл бұрын

Chris oh yeah but ur great grandfather was a great captain driving me ur new friend - mauertania

@SymphonyBrahms

5 жыл бұрын

@@kenzeier2943 Churchill was not a soldier in the Boer War. He was a reporter. Churchill did nothing wrong in WWI. Dresden was bombed because it was war. Just as London, Coventry, and Rotterdam were bombed by the Nazis. Plus many other atrocities committed by the filthy Nazis.

@salavationifortyzz8468

4 жыл бұрын

Chris can you stop making up stuff

@salavationifortyzz8468

4 жыл бұрын

Chris I just saw a comment just like this

Thank you for this documentary enlightening the fact of the British Admiralty's failure to safe guard the loss of the ship and the needless loss of life.

@JeffWarren47

2 жыл бұрын

Just got hooked on this. I'm a conspiracy theorist and smell a conspiracy. Do u think this was planned by the US to get us into war?

They were warned several times and looked at it as a joke. Such a shame that a beautiful ship and many innocent lives were lost.

Everyone talks about WWII which I understand because it’s more recent, but few ever talk about the war that lead to it; WWI. This is an example, because few people ever talk about the Lusitania. It was a precursor to how horrible maritime warfare would be during both World Wars. RIP. 😢

I've read the Robert Ballard book Exploring the Lusitania it's tremendously fascinating.

Thanks for sharing. My Great Granddad was a helmsman and just went off shift and below deck when the ship was hit.

@CH-gr7tn

9 жыл бұрын

Wasn't his brother on watch at the time of the torpedoing when he rushed down below to warn him?

@moltenballer2592

8 жыл бұрын

+Rufus Burne mine too

@moltenballer2592

8 жыл бұрын

***** funny

@nickybareau3639

8 жыл бұрын

***** u

@nickybareau3639

8 жыл бұрын

***** go sink the pink

Only a fraction of the bodies were found. some drowned.... most were entombed in the Lusitania as she sank. She sank so fast and at a sharp starboard angle, it was impossible for many to get topside before the final plunge. Disturbing way to die........

@Nephalem2002

6 жыл бұрын

DeathScab MortSkab 死亡疤痕 Having your body destroyed by the water pressure must have felt beyond pain.

@AquadesignAquascaping

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nephalem2002 they Would have drowned way before the water pressure got that high.

@kittybitts567

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, God bless their souls.

Expedition: *Finds and brings up American-made munitions from the Lusitania wreck* British government: "Oh...you weren't supposed to find those..."

my boyfriend is irish and his great-great grandmother had a brother who was a fireman on the lusitania's last voyage. he was lost in the sinking. he says the irish never forgot about the lusitania.

@m.williams4971

Жыл бұрын

I had a high school teacher whose maternal uncle’s great great grandfather was steward aboard, I think? Who cares?

I agree with the Expert's analysis and explanation that the Boilers when hit with the chilled water of the sea at the levels of water that rushed through compartments the explosion would have been, and was catastrophic. Anyone that has a Metal background, or say a Machinists' knows what happens when you immerse molten metal or extremely hot metal in water! In Silversmiths I believe they produce 'Silver Shot' using as similar method, by pouring the molten silver from a specific height as not to over-cool the material, or pour to closely and have it hitting the water overheated. The explosion without a doubt in my mind was clearly caused by a German U-Boat attack, questionably launched, and the fatal catastrophic results of the boilers getting doused with cold water. I do however find it very interesting that in the Hardcover Book - Robert Ballard's "LUSITANIA" printed edition of 2007 makes it quite clear, without doubt that 6 of these same said Boilers were not in operation at the time of this sailing, due to Cunard's cost to run on full boilers because the costs of Coal, stating that due to this "absolute and documented fact" the Ship was unable to reach anywhere near the known 22-24 knots top speed? Was it the calm ocean effect of that instant, that allowed Her to cut through the water at speeds used in the calculations? Could easily be, I am not a Sailor by trade. I do have the referred to text in Hand and have been studying it for the past few days. It seems to me to be a collision of terrible incidents, ie. portholes allowed open, electric compartment doors, unable to operate, similarly the failure of any hand operation of the elevator. Or the Captain refusing to use any zig-zag patterns, because he was told that, the passengers that pay $4,000 US to sail One Way First Class, at the time when an average US worker made $20 a WEEK, did not take kindly to being tossed about, nor did they take kindly to being delayed arriving, causing missing appointments, trains, family connections at the other end, they expected to get there on time. Much like they were all aboard a Railway Train? They must get there in a timely manner! In summation I would like to Thank Sir Robert Ballard for his effortless work on behalf of those souls that were, and are lost at Sea and the telling of "Their" stories. The Book is wonderfully done and so much more in depth in many ways, both technical and humanistic seeing some of the footage tonight was emotional.

Juan Longoria:Totally agreed I to miss those great beautiful true ocean liners from over 100 years ago unlike today ships it looks ugly it appear look like ugly floating boxes floating in the water or coffen boxs.

The captain was thought to be the scapegoat but I am glad he was exonerated

@GuyFromTheSouth

3 жыл бұрын

Cant believe Churchill would do that

@denisecampbell6736

3 жыл бұрын

@@GuyFromTheSouth I can. His Leadership during WWII, while worth every bit of praise & honour, covered a lot of sins during those WWI years. You don’t have to do much digging to find that out either. He was a Member of the Spencers on his Mother’s Side. Yes, that Spencer Family, the one that gave us Princess Diana. Anyway...I’ve seen a few Interview where the current Earl, Diana’s Brother, has talked about his Memories of Churchill visiting & they were not pleasant ones & he knew his Father dreaded them too. To say he “lorded it over them’ is only scratching the surface. He was exactly what was needed in WWII, but....Yeah.

@fredrickmarsiello4395

Жыл бұрын

@@GuyFromTheSouth He could, and he did. He had a tendency to use people as canon fodder to further his ambitions.

"Dead Wake", by Erik Larson, 2015, Broadway Books, is a fantastic, non-fiction read about the last Atlantic crossing of the Lusitania. A true pager-turner that is nearly impossible to put down.

@schuylerjohnson3051

7 жыл бұрын

I FOUND IT FASCINATING, EXCELLENT BOOK.

@kenzeier2943

7 жыл бұрын

Schuyler Johnson ... I am reading it now.

@aj.1505

6 жыл бұрын

Adam Knight Yeah, highly recommend it!

@weathergeek27

6 жыл бұрын

I am as well.

Winston Churchill and the English Admiralty do not come out of this looking well, do they?

@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1

4 жыл бұрын

John Berger- British* Admiralty.

@Statist0815

4 жыл бұрын

@@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 Anyway, you lost to the US (Federal Reserve Bank) to ;)

@jodyburke203

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah hahaha I think it's funny old Fatboy Churchill try to put it on the captain he resigned out of Shame never did like that a******

@lawrencescott153

3 жыл бұрын

This show sucks really he's no tom sellack

@alexbaker9967

2 жыл бұрын

@@jodyburke203 Germany is to blame in my eyes they broke the rules of war and sunk an innocent passenger liner

War games with people as pawns.

sad story, Thanks for posting.

moral of the story don't travel on ships or planes during war time!!!

@stronkserbia444

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah stay at home and wait to be nuked

@DANIELLE_BREANNA_LACY

4 ай бұрын

@@stronkserbia444 Or rather just go to where the least violence is occurring.

Same day as my birthday it happened...Lord be with all the innocent lost lives... God bless 🙌🙏❤💖

@dianakaye7608

17 күн бұрын

Must Read 'Dead Wake' by Erik Larson - the fantastic true story of the sinking of Lusitania

As with most everything in life, things are never black and white. Direct responsibility for the sinking of the Lusitania lies with the German U-boat, but neither the British or US governments were blameless. R.I.P all those poor souls that perished.

@Powerranger-le4up

2 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure the US bears any responsibility because they did warn the Americans who boarded.

U20 had sunk alot of ships without one life lost. They thought if it sunk it would take hours. U Boats up until Briton started putting guns on Merchant ships. The Lusatania had installed gun mounts under her decks but they had not installed the guns yet. Also Germany only sunk ships in Declared Waters. Also, Ireland was only 11 miles away and if not for the second explosion. It's if anyone was not killed by the Torpedo explosion every one would have survived. The Ammo or a steam explosion is what doomed the Lusatania.

@greenseaships

5 жыл бұрын

If you shoot a torpedo at an obvious passenger ship, you are responsible for whatever happens. Same is if I took a 'harmless' model rocket and launched it near an airport and an airplane somehow crashed because of it. Think the police would let it slide?

@m.williams4971

Жыл бұрын

Um, we already got all of that information from the video.

Lucy Taylor was travelling in Third Class with her husband Harold. They were both English born and had met in England, Lucy came to the US with her family in 1913, and Harold followed sometime later, and the two had married on April 29, 1915. Both survived the Sinking and the couple remained in Britain for 7 years before returning to the United States in 1922.

42:03 just so everyone knows, Schwieger wasn’t in command of U-20 when he was killed in 1917. He was in command of U-88 at the time. U-20 had beached in November 1916 after her torpedoes exploding before even firing out of her bow caps. The submarine was dismantled soon after

Lusitania sank because of a torpedo and the Britannic sank because of a mine

I heard the ship wreck had been investigated by diver not so long ago and concluded that it was a war vessel and not a cruise liner. In any case there is an article in the daily mail quoting the Germans warning not to board the ship as it will be sailing right through a war zone. yet our government was happy to take that risk (almost certainty) because they needed almost excuse to get involved.

@kenzeier2943

7 жыл бұрын

joe jones ... Britain, as part of a loan $$$ deal with Cunard required that Lusitania be built structurally so that it could be converted to military use.

@MrElliejimmy

2 жыл бұрын

Yes this true. Horrible leadership.

@m.williams4971

Жыл бұрын

You “heard”? From whom? What diver ‘not long ago’ because not long ago there wasn’t much discernible left of the Lusitania to conclude much about it, especially the fact that it was a war vessel. How ridiculous do you sound? Over 100 children and 400+ women on a war vessel? I swear some people on the internet should have their heads examined.. And the government can’t stop a civilian ship from proceeding on its voyage. They warned them plenty enough of the danger. They weren’t ‘happy enough’ to take any risk when the risk wasn’t theirs.

Some of the men in the U-Boat wanted to do the right thing, and NOT sink it. Why? A few said there were hundreds of women and children. I can already see Churchill riding the torpedo ever so happily, like Major Kong in Dr.strangelove just a its a torpedo and he's not screaming. The evil man.

@Truecrimeresearcher224

6 жыл бұрын

PC Studios they probably had no choice. If they didn't they could have been charged with treason against germany

@JeffWarren47

2 жыл бұрын

Just got hooked on this. I'm a conspiracy theorist and smell a conspiracy. Do u think this was planned by the US to get us into war?

@Taylor-xj1xf

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I read the same thing & I watched those men talking about how they tried not to shoot off the torpedo when they were in some sort of a documentary & the way they were getting extremely upset & just incredibly emotional talking about how there were women & children on the ship & how they honestly didn’t want to send the torpedo out well it was EXTREMELY OBVIOUS THAT THEY WERE VERY BROKEN-HEARTED OVER HAVING TO DO THAT HORRENDOUS ACT TO THOSE INNOCENT PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN THAT THEY KNEW WOULD CERTAINLY DIE BY THEIR OWN HANDS BY SENDING OFF THE TORPEDO 😞.I just wish they would’ve killed their officer who was demanding for them to literally MURDER THOSE INNOCENT ADORABLE PRECIOUS CHILDREN.The women & the men could at least have some sort of chance to survive but the children especially those babies couldn’t do nothing but rely on their mothers & fathers to get them to safety somehow or another 😢.And there’s no darn way that I would’ve ever gotten out of that water if my child died or was lost in the water because I would’ve made myself drown before I could’ve ever gotten out.

@JeffWarren47

2 жыл бұрын

@@Taylor-xj1xf That's so sad.smh.😥

12:15. Good ol Winston. Tries to get the U.S. into WW-1 and 24 years later gives it another go.

My grandmother came to America on this ship a year or two before this.

@m.williams4971

Жыл бұрын

So did thousands of other forefathers.

It really is an interesting documentary about the LUSITANIA. She was a beautiful liner. It really is sad that she was sunk by a German u-boat. I'm also interested to know, what was the boat or ship used as the LUSITANIA in this documentary seen at 8:54, 21:00, 23:17, 24:56, 25:18, 26:44 & 30:23? I'm sorry if I am being rude, I'm just curious to know what the name of the vessel is as a classic Ocean liner fan. Please leave a like and comment. Please and Thank You.

EXCELLLENT DOCUMENTARY...

Wow! Amazing video!I love this ship!This ship was construction in 17 august,1904.(1915)...LIKE THIS VIDEO!!!!!

4:39 I really like the animation it kind of reminds me of roblox….by the way it’s my favorite game too you know

I'm your 1000 suber

People always say it caused America to join the war but America joined WW1 on 6 April 1917, this was 7 May 1915 whether that motive is true or not, it wasn't a knee jerk reaction. Passengers and crew knew they were sailing into a war zone, guess they thought a passenger ship was "safe"? The more we learn about any truth in history however, are we surprised that decisions made at higher levels, i.e carrying munitions, are made putting people at risk? When it comes to war, sadly there is no honour at these higher levels, just the sad death of the innocent. Show less Reply

RMS Titanic is still my favorite ship design of the early 20th century! Titanic was gorgeous inside and out! Absolutely mind blowing how beautiful Titanic truly was!

@Firefighter_303

6 жыл бұрын

Jonny Cat you mean Olympic design

@myassizitchy2384

5 жыл бұрын

Yea the Aquatania or even the Normandy, hell the Queen Mary is nicer than the Titanic was.. Ur proly just a Titanic movie lover and think its the end all be all of ocean liners. Hell the Empress of Ireland was almost asnice as the Titanic. Let me guess. U think the Titanic disaster was the biggest loss of life on a ship disaster too ??. Empress of Ireland 2 yrs later had more, General Slocum, Sultana . Lot of people dont know about the three. German refugee ships that was sunk by Russian Submarines..... The Wilhem Gustloff had over 6000 die on it..the other two was some where close to that number as well

@dr.willsofficial9506

5 жыл бұрын

Mee too

@JeffWarren47

2 жыл бұрын

@@Firefighter_303 Just got hooked on this. I'm a conspiracy theorist and smell a conspiracy. Do u think this was planned by the US to get us into war?

@Firefighter_303

2 жыл бұрын

@@JeffWarren47 not one bit

I recall observing this documentary when I was a child. Considering what was discussed with Winston Churchill and of how he appeared intent upon somehow spurring America to enter WWI, it somehow arouses my curiosity whether he considered the victims of the Lusitania as disposable.

Having trouble hearing the survivors speak, because the music is loud when they speak. Is there anyway to balance my sound in settings?

What was the ship they used for the on-borad, jumping and sinking shots for the LUSITANIA in this documentary? I'm curious to know.

turner turned into scapegoat by british govt. --a heinous coverup led by scoundrel churchhill --they didn't want anyone to know that ammunition (though not part of sinking) was on board. they sacrificed the ship or washed their hands of it.

@antxaveace

8 жыл бұрын

+windstorm1000 It was a deliberate attempt by the English to pull America into war. Who put that cruel idea into the minds of the British - to make Luisitania to ply into the Atlantic waters that too, even after the warning had been put on papers by the Imperial German Army ? And let 123 Americans to travel in the passenger ship . An exact play back later dramatized in the Pearl Harbour, 9/11 and Vietnam war. Vandals and Satan !

For many years after WWI, the Germans insisted that the second explosion (which doomed the ship) was caused by exploding ammunition (which was being carried in violation of the Neutrality Act.) Has anyone ever proven the claim? Also, the Admiralty did not want a full inquiry-there were lots of secrets about the ship that they did not want to come out. I can understand this, as at the time of the sinking, British Naval Intelligence could read the German Naval Codes.

Cool vid

Ammo , coal dust , torpex a highly flammable combo

@m.williams4971

Жыл бұрын

Nope! The expert in this film said frankly the condensation would have caused the dust to settle. Not a factor. Cold ocean water pouring into a boiler room in a confined space is what caused the second explosion.

Fastest munition carrier in the Cunard fleet plus in had paying passengers.

I think that that's why so many people didn't escape. Because they were trying to find family members and the power for the elevators went out.

Sadly it was carrying ammunition in violation of international law..... that makes it a legal target.

@ggtroll1365

4 жыл бұрын

@supernumery yes they did supernumery yes they did

Contrary to conspiracy theorists, Churchill did nothing to cause the sinking. He was not even at the Admiralty in the days leading up to the event. Indeed the Lusitania had been warned of submarine activity in the area. Mistakes were certainly made by her captain, William Turner. But there was no conspiracy to put her in danger. Quoting from Myth and Reality: The “Admiralty War Diary” in this melodramatic paragraph appears nowhere else in Simpson’s book, not even the bibliography. No historian has found it; nor a record of the Admiralty meeting. Nor was it Churchill’s role to make operational decisions. The chief cause of Lusitania’s loss was Captain Turner’s decision, after sighting the Irish coast, to proceed northward at reduced speed to “make the tide” at Merseyside, as he would have in peacetime. At his normal cruising speed, chances of a successful torpedo attack would have been greatly reduced. Alternatively, since he had the time, he could have headed out to deeper waters, maintaining speed and further reducing the danger. There was no advantage and every danger in slowing down. It might be argued that the Admiralty set up the liner by refusing a destroyer escort. But destroyers were the one class of warships in short supply. Lusitania historian David Ramsay noted that many destroyers, instead of guarding merchant shipping, were involved in the Dardanelles operations. Ramsay, writing in 2004, confirmed the findings of historians Thomas Bailey, Harry Jaffa, Stephen Roskill and David Stafford, “who are at one in rejecting any conspiracy, by Churchill or anyone else.”

@user-es9tj4xw5t

2 жыл бұрын

Stop. No one believes that.

Please read the book Dead Wake by Erik Larson if you are interested in some very interesting information about the LUSITANIA, what it was carrying, and what Churchill had up his sleeve. Some people have posted comments that seem to indicate that they would rather accept the standard explanations despite the facts and that they like to rant and rave at people who point out that the Allies were wicked and their motives and methods evil. I have read 5 books on WWI and I can see that the way it was run was part madness (running up the body count because of bad leadership, some called it pure murder of their own British soldiers) and Britain, France and the U.S. were deep in deception and out right deceit. For example, many said that if the British public actually knew how ineptly the war was being run and how their sons were simply being slaughtered they would have demanded an end to the war. Britain made sure that people did not know what exactly was going on in the insane trench warefare. Sen. Hiram Johnson of Calif. said that the first casualty of war was the truth. The U.S. punished dissidents even for speaking the truth during it mobilization of the country into one big fighting unit. What is amazing is that there are so many people who make comments that are negative ad hominem attacks just because people don't talk the party line. This forum provides a platform for people to express themselves intelligently or otherwise. If you want to show me that I am wrong then read 5 books and provide a coeherent argument. But if you simply want to attack like a senseless animal then don't waste your time.

@johnberger2851

6 жыл бұрын

Bravo, Ken Zeier! Both sides killed civilians and broke the "rules" of war when it seemed advantageous to do so. The difference is that the Allies won.

@voicesinthedark109

5 жыл бұрын

@supernumery You are a simple minded fool

@daddyal2825

2 жыл бұрын

Who started the was A-Hole

@WendyColeArt

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree with the OP. Question who the real enemy is. WW1 was a useless murderous war that accomplished nothing but to entench the victors more firmly, enrich the war profiteers and make the whole world a much more dangerous place by orders of magnitude. It's only the people without power who ever suffer the real consequences of war. The only just war is protecting ourselves from our leaders and that's the war that will never be allowed to be fought.

@m.williams4971

Жыл бұрын

What ‘party line’ are you referring to? I can find no such common theme here? It’s as if you’re projecting vigorous counter-arguments when most just watched the video(which was not generous to leadership) and commented on the tragedy this was. Maybe you should take a debate course somewhere where you can crystallize what you’re saying? I don’t understand the basis of your angst.

Of the 1,962 passengers and crew aboard Lusitania at the time of the sinking, 1,198 lost their lives. Most died from drowning or hypothermia. They were only able to launch 6 of 48 lifeboats as she sank fast On Titanic, 1,500 lost their lives when she sank

@kenzeier2943

7 жыл бұрын

Davin Peterson ... The crew of the Lusitania was not the best. Many good sailors had been siphoned off for the war. There was little practice on using the life boats.

@Erin.56

7 жыл бұрын

She was only 10 miles off the coast of Ireland... why did it take 3 hours for a rescue boat to reach them????? So many more lives could have been saved!

@Vegan123

7 жыл бұрын

The only boats in Kinsale village at that time would have been small inshore fishing vessels. The riverboat tenders from Cobh (Queenstown) had to get the word from Kinsale (30 miles over land), get the crew together, sail out Cork Harbour and west along the coast to south of the Old Head of Kinsale - about 25 Nautical Miles. These riverboats were working against the prevailing Atlantic current. The fact that they arrived in 3 hours is itself a feat for boats back in those days.

@mountainguyed67

6 жыл бұрын

Also another documentary said no one was in a hurry to take another ship/target into a submarine area.

@Nephalem2002

6 жыл бұрын

Davin Peterson and Britannic only 30, Costa Concoardia, Also only 30 ish.

Wonder how things would be if Lusitania had thirty minutes before it sank completely

RIP to All those men women & Children who Died in the Sinking of this Beautiful Ocean Liner its So Sad, its wrong that, The passengers weren't Alerted, & That they chose to Ignore the Warnings its wrong.

Anybody know who made this video?

When Mr.H sends you to watch yet another video

Divers found a way into boiler room number 1 and have take video and photos of the boilers. The story might have to be rewritten.

Your subtitles say may 7, 1950, it is May 7, 1915 that the ship sank. You may want to correct that.

Lusitania sank in the middle of the day only eight miles from Queenstown. What possible explanation could there be for rescuers taking four hours to reach her?? This seems like a crime almost as heinous as the one that sank her!

@markharrison2544

5 жыл бұрын

Sinking a ship carrying war munitions was no crime.

@m.williams4971

Жыл бұрын

@@markharrison2544 Munitions to defend their own sovereignty? When women and children are aboard. Thank goodness you don’t write laws.

why did it take three hours for rescue just off the coast of Ireland? they were so close. 11 miles. it should not have taken an hour for rescue ships to arrive, much less three. what the hell were they waiting for? Three hours. just off the coast.

@Vegan123

7 жыл бұрын

The only boats in Kinsale village at that time would have been small inshore fishing vessels. The riverboat tenders from Cobh (Queenstown) had to get the word from Kinsale (30 miles over land), get the crew together, sail out Cork Harbour and west along the coast to south of the Old Head of Kinsale - about 25 Nautical Miles. These riverboats were working against the prevailing Atlantic current. The fact that they arrived in 3 hours is itself a feat for boats back in those days.

@aj.1505

6 жыл бұрын

Joshua Plotkin After the disaster of the Aboukir, no Navy vessels r allowed to assist as a submarine may still be present waiting for the rescuers to reach the wreck, that destroying them too

The Germans were completely in the wrong blowing the Lusitania up, as the Geneva Convention stated that ships either troopship (HMT Olympic) or hospital ship (HMHS Britannic) had a colour code, if they were not in the specified code then they knew it would've been just a casual passenger liner.

@y3puGnxg

6 жыл бұрын

Tyler Madelin same geneva convention says starving innocent civilians also a crime

The latest theory, and one which is most plausible, is that the torpedo hit in an area containing high pressure steam lines. It is suspected that the secondary explosion was caused by the rupture of the steam line. That could explain why Captain Turner would not stop the engines. Also, the Lusitania had four turbines, each driving one of the four propeller.

@m.williams4971

Жыл бұрын

One which is ‘most’ plausible to whom? What expert or experts made this claim and where is their basis? (Cite please) Acute cold water in a confined boiler space makes a ton more sense!

@GFK256

Жыл бұрын

@@m.williams4971 HI..Remember that this theory was proposed in one of the books on the Lusitania that I read. May have been either "Lusitania" by Dianne Preston or "Dead Wake" by Erick Larson. There was also another book titled "The Lusitania", but I do not remember the author. The theory made sense because Capt. Turner could not control the speed or direction of the nengines after the second explosion.

Wow

Water hits hot boilers which are still pressurized and 💥 boom there's your explosion

@trevorpedlow2305

Жыл бұрын

Divers have found a way into boiler room 1 and they are intact, there's video and photo.

101st anniversary for the Lusitania's sinking!

Last month was lusitania's 100 year anniversary... R.I.P

@mountainguyed67

6 жыл бұрын

1915 + 100 = 2017?

Room forty. The British equivalent of area fifty one.

The boiler in boiler room 1 exploded not the amunition

nice anachronism at 34:37 they've got a 50-star flag. in 1915 the US only had 48 states.

I know sunk ships cannot be brought to the surface, because of something to do with pressure or something like that. Can someone give me a non-douchebag or troll answer as to specifically why this is?

@cloudftw113

8 жыл бұрын

It's essentially what you said as far as I can tell. Adding the corrosion that occurs due to being under icy Atlantic water for decades and being seen as a war memorial, raising the Lusitania, or the Britannic for that matter, would be ludicrously expensive and in terrible taste. Apologies for the runoff sentence BTW. Hope this helps :)

@TestSubjectQWTD

8 жыл бұрын

+Lexi Vorce I would like to believe that it may be due to moving tonnes of water through the wreck would destroy it further, but i'm not into physics, so I wouldn't not write my answer off as being absoulutely mad.

@atlasfugged9044

8 жыл бұрын

+Lexi Vorce the gravitational force of your fat ass tears it apart

@lexigrimhaive

8 жыл бұрын

+cloudftw113 It does, thank you! :)

@lexigrimhaive

8 жыл бұрын

+Atlas Fugged Wow. Butt hurt much?

Only 18 minutes? Am surprised there weren't more casualties.

@kennethcrowther2277

6 жыл бұрын

Had she not been as close to shore as she was there would've been far more casualties still. Possibly even total given how fast she went down.

@petenielsen6683

6 жыл бұрын

There probably would have been had not some people been on deck and the lookouts seen the torpedo as it came.

@syrpsppr

6 жыл бұрын

Malcolm Nicoll almost 2,000 isn't enough for you?

@m.williams4971

Жыл бұрын

More than 1100+? Huh?

U-boats in World War 1 are often overlooked.

The pictures of those dead babies were horrible. But now, knowing the whole story. Of ammunition, suppressed and ignored information, etc. With who or where did the blame really lie? Germany, Britain, both?

What a tragedy.

Warning: SAIL AT YOUR OWN RISK

well done documentary.

The fact that the British were tempting tragedy does not excuse the fact that Schweiger fired a fucking torpedo at an obvious passenger ship. Unforgivable. He got exactly what he deserved!

32:08 max ur volume

Guess this would also be why the government didn't request Lusitania's formal assistance in the war like they did with Mauretania and Aquitania

@starrsmith3810

3 жыл бұрын

Kinda hard to do that when it’s at the bottom of a ocean

@JeffWarren47

2 жыл бұрын

@@starrsmith3810 Just got hooked on this. I'm a conspiracy theorist and smell a conspiracy. Do u think this was planned by the US to get us into war?

@starrsmith3810

2 жыл бұрын

@@JeffWarren47 no and that’s completely ridicules and if it was then that’s ANOTHER atrocity the US has committed which believe me is a pretty long list.

@JeffWarren47

2 жыл бұрын

@@starrsmith3810 Thats the reason I don't believe it was the Germans. Wouldn't be the first time US govt has lied ..

@starrsmith3810

2 жыл бұрын

@@JeffWarren47 it not being the first time is about the worst reason I have ever seen for this conspiracy theory. I’ll give it this though: it’s better then ANY of the Titanic theories.

32:00 What is ICC water please I'm doing an essay about the Lusitania

@jimmcharg1889

8 жыл бұрын

+Anita June ...Icy Sea Water

Rip

I don't think that this actually worked out for the people who tried to draw others into the war. Things like these seem like they would work out but they don't. And on some occasions actions like these might actually convince your enemies that you are pathetic, hopeless and submissive to them enabling them to crush you.

Does anyone know who is the narrator?

@nicholecraig8411

8 жыл бұрын

+TheAprilraine1 Will Lyman

Was the Lusitania really armed with cannons as the video claims it was at 15:47? I have found no other source that makes this claim. Also, I think this video gives too much weight to Churchill's "ramming order". First of all, the order only says ramming should be done if a sub comes up close in front with hostile intent, meaning the sub is about to sink your ship. It doesn't say subs should be rammed if they approach from a distance and let you surrender. Second of all, civilian passenger liners were under no obligation to obey Churchill's order. Really to them, it was nothing but a recommendation. I have not found a single example of any civilian passenger liner ramming a German sub in world war I.

@guerrillapress77

7 жыл бұрын

TheStapleGunKid lusitania was designed to carry 12 6" guns that were fitted in april 1913 a month before this crossing. Records exist at the Royal Admiralty Museum from what i recall reading many years ago. I remember it well because the book had photos of different documents it sourced and i found it interesting to see photos of the memos from and to Churchill and Roosevelt (then secretary of the navy), president Wilson and his Sec of State, as well as the plans for the ship. Wish I could remember the books name.

@rileywilliams9799

5 жыл бұрын

The British government had provided the Cunard Line with the subsidies necessary to build both the 'Lusitania' and 'Mauretania'. As a result Cunard had to agree to certain specifications, such as handing the ships over to the government in time of war. Both ships were built for easy conversion into armed merchant cruisers( such as building the coal bunkers along the hull to protect the boiler rooms from battle damage and gun mounts hidden on deck). The Royal Navy even named both ships in its list of ships.

@KXXULADavidOC

4 жыл бұрын

Olympic (Titanics Sister ship) is the only passenger ship to have ever rammed and sank a submarine. although she was working as a troopshi pat the time

@TheStapleGunKid

4 жыл бұрын

@@KXXULADavidOC Was it carrying troops or war material at the time it sank the sub?

@JeffWarren47

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheStapleGunKid Just got hooked on this. I'm a conspiracy theorist and smell a conspiracy. Do u think this was planned by the US to get us into war?

There's a lot of Churchill bashing on here based on not very much evidence. To be fair to Germany they had warned that ships entering British waters were liable to come under fire. There was no specific evidence indicating that Lusitania was a definite target. She was sailing under the Red Cross to mark her out as an illegitimate target. It became admiralty practice to arm some merchant ships to defend against U-Boats. Due to this policy, many U-Boats from that point on no longer surfaced to issue a warning. It was just an escalation of force, as happens in all wars. Was it an deliberate attempt by the British Government, not just Churchill, to get America in to the war? I don't believe so. If it was it backfired for nearly 2 years. It was nearly over by the time US forces arrived on the Western Front. The naval blockade of Germany was already having the desired effect. Widespread mutinies in the German Armed forces, riots in Kiel due to lack of food. and other resources. Escorts may not have been available, or unable to reach Lusitania in time before her estimated arrival. It is up to the ships master to decide what precautions to take. It is not up to the Admiralty to micromanage civilian captains. The standard method of countering a potential submarine is to Zig-Zag, altering course from port to starboard at random intervals. It is up to the ships captain to decide when to alter course if he feels necessary. The only time the Admiralty will intervene is if the vessel in question is part of a convoy under the command of the Royal Navy, in which case the convoy commander in one of HM Ships will decide the precautions best to take . Personally, I think Turner was lucky not have been assigned blame for the sinking as it seems to me he did not take any precautions at all, despite the warnings received. As an aside, I'm amazed that Lusitania did not have the system of automatic floats that the Olympic class steamer had. If she had done, she probably would have survived. For those who are unaware, the Olympic Class steamers had floats fitted to the watertight doors. This meant that if water reached a certain level, the doors would close automatically sealing the compartment.

@francismotherway2090

6 жыл бұрын

I agree - too much Churchill bashing. I can see the Germans and their alias trying to rewrite history. However the fact remains that the German military leadership changed the long accepted rules of war - which forbade the willful targeting and killing of civilians. Hence , the airship bombings of English civilians and the use of mustard gas on the front were a violation of of wartime behavior.

@CSmart-ln1qm

6 жыл бұрын

One precaution by the captain of the Lusitania, steering a zigzag course, would not have worked. The captain of the Japanese submarine that sunk the cruiser Indianapolis commented afterwards. He said steering such a course would not have saved the Indianapolis. Also, the Lusitania could not have increased her speed. Wartime shortages necessitated shutting down one of her boilers. Some retired members of the US Navy have stated no one believed the Germans had the capability of sinking fast moving ships such as the Lusitania. Consequently, no one took the warning seriously.

@rollosnook

6 жыл бұрын

Auto floats didn't help the Titanic and any self-respecting U-boat Captain would simply fire off more torpedoes or surface and finish the job with deck guns until the vessel sank. The only thing that would have saved the Lusitania would have been the timely arrival of Anti-Submarine vessels or aircraft. The Lusitania's only real advantage over U-boats was speed.

@larryolimb9980

6 жыл бұрын

I place the blame squarely on Wilson's head. He should have made it illegal to transport any war material on US passenger ships and loudly proclaimed it to the combatants.

@Nephalem2002

6 жыл бұрын

Justin Lee Considering I don’t even think Churchill was in office in WW1.

I have a book called 7 days 2 disaster which is the true story of the sinking

I thought bletchley park was the main naval code breaking place.. turing was there and built "the bomb" to break enigma.

@dickens6394

3 жыл бұрын

MyAss Izitchy bletchy was wwII

I do not defend the attack on the the ship. However the commander of the u boat only expected to give her a bloody nose. Every other less sophisticated ship and smaller ship had required several torpedoes and admiralty regulations were changed so it was too dangerous to follow the prize rules customs of the sea. The u boat commander could not have anticipated she would sink

@m.williams4971

Жыл бұрын

Stop giving him an out. Doesn’t matter what was required to take down smaller ships. He fired the torpedo that killed over 1000 people, period!

Transporting made in the USA Munitions, and not the first time. Smells Fishy !!!

The ship was illegally carrying war munitions.

The video makes the claim of several warning telegrams, to wealthy passengers on board. I did wonder if that was true. But, really, it would not surprise me. The (so called) "conspiratorial view of history" is the accurate one, in my view.

I miss luta

It said 3 turbines but, there were actually 4.

@JS-rk8dl

5 жыл бұрын

Timestamp

Churchill stepped down from the Admiralty because of Galipolli.

British navy sank the Lusitania. she was designated an 'armed merchantman' by the British Navy, that meant a U-Boat did not have to risk surfacing to shoot at her. Ireland held the copies of her records (the British admiralty still have them locked away) .She was also told to slow down in a water where the Admiralty knew there was a u-boat. It had been spotted by fishing boats and had attacked a nearby ship. The first lord of the Admiralty oversaw this - he was a war monger Winston Churchill. Like the twin towers or Putin blowing up flats of people and blaming chechin, its all about gaining more power for you next move. As Goebells said 'Tell the people they are being attacked and they will do anything you ask.'

Why would you load munitions onto a passenger ship? That's just asking for trouble.

Lusitania was going to war it was part of World War I it was loaded with weapons

Damn I hate my teacher