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On the 4th February 1915 Germany declared that
the sea around Britain was a War Zone and all but neutral shipping would be
targeted. RMS Lusitania arrived in Liverpool on the 6th from New
York. Because a majority of the passengers were American the Captain was
advised, that on entering British waters, he was to raise the Stars and
Stripes. British naval vessels were sent out to escort her into Liverpool but
couldn’t find her and the Captain wouldn’t give his position to them over the
radio in case a German U-boat overheard. He brought her in un-escorted.
On 1st May 1915 she sailed from New York but on
the 7th, just 120 miles off the southern tip of Ireland, German U-boat U20 sank
her with the loss of 1,195 people.
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