7 May 1915
Sinking of RMS Lusitania
The Luisitania is sunk 8 miles off the head of Kinsale by a German submarine. All passengers are saved
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The Luisitania is sunk 8 miles off the head of Kinsale by a German submarine. All passengers are saved
William Thomas Turner, not David Dow, commanded Lusitania on her final voyage and survived the sinking off southern Ireland.
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