RMS Lusitania: The Ship & Her Record

RMS Lusitania sank on May 7, 1915, as the result of a single torpedo from from the German submarine U-20.  She sank off the coast of Ireland in 18 minutes, taking 1,198 people with her.  Built in 1907, she had a successful career of nearly 8 years before that fateful day.  Famous for her sinking, she was the fastest ship in the world when built and was the first of the superliners. For the first time, Eric Sauder looks at her as a ship, and not just at her sinking.  She was the first true "Ship of State," with luxurious interiors, glorious public rooms, and sumptuous cabins.  The cream of the world's high society traveled aboard her.  Lusitania survivor Audrey Pearl Lawson Johnston wrote the foreword to this work.  This illustrated history looks at Lusitania in her true context as the finest ship afloat during her service on the North Atlantic.