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RMS Lusitania and Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

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Difference between RMS Lusitania and Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

RMS Lusitania vs. Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner and briefly the world's largest passenger ship. The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS ''Lusitania'' occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany.

Similarities between RMS Lusitania and Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

RMS Lusitania and Sinking of the RMS Lusitania have 54 things in common (in Unionpedia): Admiralty, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt I, Armed merchantman, Avis Dolphin, Beam (nautical), Bernhard Dernburg, Blockade of Germany, Bow (ship), Charles Frohman, Charles T. Jeffery, Chelsea Piers, Cobh, Cruiser rules, Cunard Line, Daily Mail, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, Elbert Hubbard, Erik Larson (author), False flag, Funnel (ship), Henry Oliver, Hugh Lane, Imperial Colonial Office, James W. Gerard, Keel, List of ships sunk by submarines by death toll, Liverpool, New York City, Newport News Shipbuilding, Ocean liner, ..., Oceaneering International, Old Head of Kinsale, Port and starboard, Prize (law), Q-ship, RMS Mauretania (1906), Room 40, Royal Navy, Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea, Stern, Superstructure, The New York Times, The World's Work, U-boat, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Unrestricted submarine warfare, Walther Schwieger, White Star Line, William Jennings Bryan, William Thomas Turner, Winston Churchill, Woodrow Wilson, World War I, .303 British. Expand index (24 more) »

Admiralty

The Admiralty, originally known as the Office of the Admiralty and Marine Affairs, was the government department responsible for the command of the Royal Navy firstly in the Kingdom of England, secondly in the Kingdom of Great Britain, and from 1801 to 1964, the United Kingdom and former British Empire.

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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt I

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Sr. (October 20, 1877 – May 7, 1915) was an extremely wealthy American businessman and sportsman, and a member of the famous Vanderbilt family.

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Armed merchantman

An armed merchantman is a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact.

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Avis Dolphin

Avis Gertrude Dolphin, Mrs Foley (born 24 August 1902, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, UK – died 5 February 1996, Meirionydd, Wales, UK) was a survivor of the sinking of the RMS ''Lusitania''.

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Beam (nautical)

The beam of a ship is its width at the widest point as measured at the ship's nominal waterline.

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Bernhard Dernburg

Bernhard Dernburg (17 July 1865 – 14 October 1937) was a German liberal politician and banker.

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Blockade of Germany

The Blockade of Germany, or the Blockade of Europe, occurred from 1914 to 1919.

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Bow (ship)

The bow is the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway.

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Charles Frohman

Charles Frohman (July 15, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American theatrical producer.

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Charles T. Jeffery

Charles Thomas Jeffery (13 May 1876 – 10 November 1935) was an American businessman.

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Chelsea Piers

Chelsea Piers is a series of piers in Chelsea, on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City.

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Cobh

Cobh, known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a tourist seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland.

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Cruiser rules

Cruiser rules is a colloquial phrase referring to the conventions regarding the attacking of a merchant ship by an armed vessel.

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Cunard Line

Cunard Line is a British-American cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc.

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Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-marketPeter Wilby, New Statesman, 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust and published in London.

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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania is a 2015 New York Times non-fiction bestseller written by author Erik Larson.

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Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher.

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Erik Larson (author)

Erik Larson (born January 3, 1954) is an American journalist and author of nonfiction books.

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False flag

A false flag is a covert operation designed to deceive; the deception creates the appearance of a particular party, group, or nation being responsible for some activity, disguising the actual source of responsibility.

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Funnel (ship)

A funnel is the smokestack or chimney on a ship used to expel boiler steam and smoke or engine exhaust.

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Henry Oliver

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Francis Oliver, (22 January 1865 – 15 October 1965) was a Royal Navy officer.

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Hugh Lane

Sir Hugh Percy Lane (9 November 1875 – 7 May 1915) was an Irish art dealer, collector and gallery director.

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Imperial Colonial Office

The Imperial Colonial Office (Reichskolonialamt) was a governmental agency of the German Empire tasked with managing Germany's overseas territories.

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James W. Gerard

James Watson Gerard Jr. (August 25, 1867 – September 6, 1951) was a United States lawyer and diplomat.

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Keel

On boats and ships, the keel is either of two parts: a structural element that sometimes resembles a fin and protrudes below a boat along the central line, or a hydrodynamic element.

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List of ships sunk by submarines by death toll

Self-propelled torpedoes dramatically increased effectiveness of submarine warships.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Newport News Shipbuilding

Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, and sole designer, builder and refueler of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy submarines.

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Ocean liner

An ocean liner is a passenger ship primarily used as a form of transportation across seas or oceans.

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Oceaneering International

Oceaneering International, Inc. is a subsea engineering and applied technology company based in Houston, Texas, U.S. that provides engineered services and hardware to customers who operate in marine, space, and other environments.

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Old Head of Kinsale

The Old Head of Kinsale (in Irish, An Seancheann) is a headland near Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland.

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Port and starboard

Port and starboard are nautical and aeronautical terms for left and right, respectively.

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Prize (law)

Prize is a term used in admiralty law to refer to equipment, vehicles, vessels, and cargo captured during armed conflict.

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Q-ship

Q-ships, also known as Q-boats, decoy vessels, special service ships, or mystery ships, were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks.

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RMS Mauretania (1906)

RMS Mauretania was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson & Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, and launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906.

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Room 40

In the history of cryptanalysis, Room 40, also known as 40 O.B. (Old Building) (latterly NID25) was the section in the British Admiralty most identified with the British cryptanalysis effort during the First World War, in particular the interception and decoding of the Zimmermann Telegram which played a role in bringing the United States into the War.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea

Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea (also known as Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic, in German: Der Untergang der Lusitania: Tragödie eines Luxusliners) is an English-German Docu-drama produced in 2007.

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Stern

The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail.

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Superstructure

A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The World's Work

The World's Work (1900–1932) was a monthly magazine that covered national affairs from a pro-business point of view.

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U-boat

U-boat is an anglicised version of the German word U-Boot, a shortening of Unterseeboot, literally "undersea boat".

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Unrestricted submarine warfare

Unrestricted submarine warfare is a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning, as opposed to attacks per prize rules (also known as "cruiser rules").

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Walther Schwieger

Kapitänleutnant Walther Schwieger (7 April 1885 – 5 September 1917) was a U-boat commander in the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) during First World War.

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White Star Line

The Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, more commonly known as the White Star Line, was a prominent British shipping company.

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William Jennings Bryan

William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American orator and politician from Nebraska.

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William Thomas Turner

Commander William Thomas Turner, OBE, RNR (23 October 1856 – 23 June 1933) was the Captain of when it was sunk by a German torpedo in May 1915.

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Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

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Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was an American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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.303 British

The.303 British (designated as the 303 British by the C.I.P. and SAAMI) or 7.7×56mmR, is a calibre (with the bore diameter measured between the lands as is common practice in Europe) rimmed rifle cartridge first developed in Britain as a black-powder round put into service in December 1888 for the Lee–Metford rifle.

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RMS Lusitania and Sinking of the RMS Lusitania Comparison

RMS Lusitania has 182 relations, while Sinking of the RMS Lusitania has 237. As they have in common 54, the Jaccard index is 12.89% = 54 / (182 + 237).

References

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