2-650-037 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Lusitania at full speed', 1915. A German submarine sank the Lusitania off the Irish coast. Although unarmed, she was carrying munitions. 1,198 people lost their lives, of whom 128 were US citizens. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War, Vol. II. - 1914-15. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]