Sujet

The Lusitania, c1907. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Lusitania, c1907. The RMS 'Lusitania' was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906, She held the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing in 1908. On 7 May 1915, the 'Lusitania' was torpedoed by a German submarine off the south of Ireland, with the loss of 1,198 lives. Although unarmed, she was carrying munitions. The sinking presaged the United States declaration of war on Germany two years later.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A63_275

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

58,9Mo (1,5Mo) / 43,1cm x 34,3cm / 5085 x 4048 (300dpi)

Mots clés

travel transport transportation library industry country ship ships British color industrial liner ocean liner war location disaster century Britain sinking catastrophe first world war concept B&W Library of Congress United States of America sunk Colour shipping Industry World War I WWI water transport black & white black and white B W white and black World War One 1900s 20th century American America USA 1st World War passenger ship WW1 Cunard united states Unknown Company RMS Lusitania Congressional Library Heritage Art 8 x 10 in. Detroit Publishing Company Edwin H. Husher William A. Livingstone Detroit Publishing Detroit Publishing Co Photograph Dry plate negative: glass