A century-old mystery beneath the waves remains unsolved as we enter this New Year. It involves the sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania during the First World War. Martha Teichner takes us back: ...

It was a maritime disaster almost as deadly as the Titanic. It saw innocent civilians become collateral damage. And it swayed the public opinion of a neutral nation at a time of war, just like the ...

On May 7, 1915, the Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland and nearly 1,200 lives were lost. Library of Congress via WikiCommons When the First World War began, in the ...

It’s hard to remember your manners when you think you’re about to die. The human species may have developed an elaborate social and behavioral code, but we drop it fast when we’re scared enough — as ...

The Lusitania was the biggest and fastest liner on the Atlantic, writes Fergus Cassidy, but its passengers also enjoyed the finest food and drink on a ship that set new standards for on-board comfort ...

In 1915, a German submarine sunk the Lusitania, a British passenger ship, killing nearly 1,200 people including 123 Americans. The story of that disaster is the subject of a new book, “Dead Wake.” ...

The Lusitania sailed regularly between Liverpool (above) and New York from 1907 to 1915 Some 1,200 people died when the ocean liner Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat in World War One. A centenary ...

One hundred years ago, 128 Americans died among more than a thousand in the sinking of what was then the greatest ocean liner in the world. In response, the U.S. entered World War I. That's the story ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about international politics, economics, and development. The British luxury passenger liner RMS Lusitania was torpedoed a ...

On this day in 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner, off the coast of Ireland. Of the 1,959 people on board, 1,195 perished at sea. The 32,000-ton liner, ...