Lusitania
Sunk ocean vessel
Lusitania was an ancient Roman province covering most of present-day Portugal and parts of western Spain.
The name survives in references to Portuguese culture and history: Lusitanian poetry, the Lusitanian people.
Lusitania is also remembered as the British ocean liner torpedoed by a German submarine in 1915, killing nearly 1,200 passengers and helping draw the United States into World War I.
Propelled undersea explosive
- U-boatUndersea warship from Germany
- submarineUnderwater naval craft
- lifeboatEmergency vessel for survivors
- survivorsThose still alive after
victims · drowning · Irish coast · wreckage · flotsam · rescue · distress signal · list
First global military conflict
- neutralityState of taking sides
- casus belliJustification for armed conflict
- Woodrow WilsonTwenty-eighth American president
- propagandaBiased information for influence
diplomacy · international law · Central Powers · Allies · Zimmermann Telegram · blockade · naval warfare · entente
Southwestern European peninsula
- Roman provinceConquered territory under imperial administration
- PortugalIberian Peninsula republic
- GaliciaHistoric European region name
- HispaniaRoman name for Spain
Augustus · Celtic · pre-Roman · conquest · romanization · Tagus
Historic steamship line
- ocean linerLarge scheduled passenger vessel
- RMSAveraged squared values rooted
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- LiverpoolMajor English port city
New York · maiden voyage · passenger ship · first class · steerage · promenade deck · stateroom · crossing
Period following loss
- victimsThose who suffer harm
- lossBeing without something
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
casualties · children · families · mass grave · Queenstown · inquiry · Mersey · controversy
Showy, abundant prosperity
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- grand staircaseImposing architectural stairway centerpiece
- smoking roomChamber for tobacco use
- suiteConnected hotel rooms
elegance · chandelier · mahogany · gilt · fine dining · orchestra · promenade · steward
torpedo
Propelled undersea explosive
- U-boatUndersea warship from Germany
- submarineUnderwater naval craft
- lifeboatEmergency vessel for survivors
survivors · victims · drowning · Irish coast · wreckage · flotsam · rescue · distress signal · list · bow
World War I
First global military conflict
- neutralityState of taking sides
- casus belliJustification for armed conflict
- Woodrow WilsonTwenty-eighth American president
propaganda · diplomacy · international law · Central Powers · Allies · Zimmermann Telegram · blockade · naval warfare · entente · public opinion
Iberia
Southwestern European peninsula
- Roman provinceConquered territory under imperial administration
- PortugalIberian Peninsula republic
- GaliciaHistoric European region name
Hispania · Augustus · Celtic · pre-Roman · conquest · romanization · Tagus
Cunard
Historic steamship line
- ocean linerLarge scheduled passenger vessel
- RMSAveraged squared values rooted
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
Liverpool · New York · maiden voyage · passenger ship · first class · steerage · promenade deck · stateroom · crossing · embarkation
mourning
Period following loss
memorial · casualties · children · families · mass grave · Queenstown · inquiry · Mersey · controversy · remembrance
opulence
Showy, abundant prosperity
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- grand staircaseImposing architectural stairway centerpiece
- smoking roomChamber for tobacco use
suite · elegance · chandelier · mahogany · gilt · fine dining · orchestra · promenade · steward · silver service
- watercraftboat, sailboat, kayak, canoe, ships
- PortugalLisbon, Porto, Algarve, Oporto, Madeira
- WWItrenches, no man's land, no mans land, trench warfare, armistice
- Early 1900sroaring twenties, flapper, jazz, speakeasy, prohibition
- Famous ShipsTitanic, RMS Titanic, Mayflower, Bismarck, Santa Maria
- Ocean MysteriesBermuda Triangle, ghost ships, shipwrecks, lost treasure, sea monsters
Lusitaniawarship
Armed naval vessel
HMS Dreadnought · battleship · U-boat · destroyer · submarine
- RMS LusitaniaTorpedoed ocean liner, 1915