Last Voyage Of The Lusitania
The Lusitania was a very large ship. It was made to transport people from the US to England. It had many decks, and each deck is labeled like the ships now days. There is a deck for the first class people, a deck for second class people, an entertainment deck and some lower decks for storages and The day was May 7, 1915 just nine months into World War I. This day was to be the last voyage for the Lusitania. A German U-boat shot a torpedoe at the ship and sunk it within 20 minutes. Hundreds of people died over one hundred Americans. The biggest controversy over the sinking of the ship was, how can a ship that was so big and built to with stand up to 3
A lot of people speculated and said the reason for the sinking was, the ship was carrying military bombs and when the torpedoe penatrated the hull it ignited the bombs and blew out the whole bottom. I have learned about the Lusitania before in history classes, but not to this extent. But when they looked for the giant hole that would have been produced from a giant explosion where the supposed bombs and explosive cargo was kept there was nothing. They asked the expert a couple of questions, One of them being "is coal dust flamable and iginte," the answer is yes. It was true that the Lusitania was carrying military weaponry, but it was just ammunition and shrapnal, nothing that had to do with bombs. I recommend this site to anyone into history and the discovery of new things. So they went back to the coal and went to an expert. Now the side that the torpedoe entered was on the side that is was liying on. So the explanation for the sinking of the ship is "Bad Luck" when the torpedoe hit, it hit around the coal rooms and when it hit it shook the boat the dust went into the air and the flame from the torpedoe ignited the coal dust and exploted. Very detailed and the take you to the actual wreckage.
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