Title

'Hauling up one of the Lusitania's boats', Ireland, May 1915, (1933). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Hauling up one of the Lusitania's boats', Ireland, May 1915, (1933). The sinking of the 'Lusitania': on 7 May 1915, the RMS '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. From "The Pageant of the Century". [Odhams Press Ltd, 1933]

Date

1933

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F35_250

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,3Mb (3,2Mb) / 20,3in x 11,9in / 6100 x 3569 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation coast people male man men beach boat boats coastal guy ship ships British Ireland eire liner ocean liner war disaster century Britain sinking catastrophe thirties first world war concept World War I WWI lifeboat water transport B W 1930s World War One 1910s 20th century The Print Collector 1st World War Lusitania TGN WW1 photograph Unknown White Éire RMS Lusitania Odhams Press Ltd Henry E White Henry E Henry E.White Henry E.