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425863 The Cunard liner Lusitania, carrying 1,918 passangers and crew, was hit by a torpedo fired from a German U-boat at 2.00 p.m. on the afternoon of May, 7th., 1915. 764 people survived the sinking which took place10 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale. Picture shows the ill-fated ship on an earlier visit to Cork Harbour. Ref. 44 Old black and white war ships boats tragedies
425863 The Cunard liner Lusitania, carrying 1,918 passangers and crew, was hit by a torpedo fired from a German U-boat at 2.00 p.m. on the afternoon of May, 7th., 1915. 764 people survived the sinking which took place10 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale. Picture shows the ill-fated ship on an earlier visit to Cork Harbour. Ref. 44 Old black and white war ships boats tragedies
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The Cunard liner Lusitania, carrying 1,918 passangers and crew, was

hit by a torpedo fired from a German U-boat at 2.00 p.m. on the afternoon of May, 7th., 1915. 764 people survived the sinking which took place10 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale. Picture shows the ill-fated ship on an earlier visit to Cork Harbour. Ref. 44
Old black and white war ships boats tragedies