Lusitania sinking

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:cargo rifle cartridges
shell casings
passengers' personal effects
gptkbp:casualties 1198
gptkbp:category gptkb:World_War_I_shipwrecks_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean
maritime incidents in 1915
gptkbp:cause torpedoed by German U-boat U-20
gptkbp:commander_of_U-boat gptkb:Walther_Schwieger
gptkbp:commemorates gptkb:Lusitania_Peace_Memorial,_Cobh
gptkbp:controversy carrying munitions
gptkbp:date 1915-05-07
gptkbp:depth_of_wreck about 93 meters
gptkbp:destination gptkb:Liverpool
gptkbp:enemyOf submarine warfare
gptkbp:film_depiction gptkb:Sinking_of_the_Lusitania_(1918)
gptkbp:fleetSize gptkb:RMS_Lusitania
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lusitania sinking
gptkbp:impact shifted public opinion against Germany
gptkbp:location off the coast of Ireland
gptkbp:mediaCoverage international outrage
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Old_Head_of_Kinsale_memorial
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Justus_Miles_Forman
gptkb:Theodore_Naish
gptkb:Elbert_Hubbard
gptkb:Alfred_Gwynne_Vanderbilt
gptkb:Charles_Frohman
gptkbp:notableSurvivor gptkb:Dora_Schabelitz
gptkb:Josephine_Brandell
gptkb:Charles_Lauriat_Jr.
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Cunard_Line
gptkbp:passengers_and_crew 1959
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Imperial_German_Navy
gptkbp:precededBy German warning in US newspapers
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Sussex_pledge
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:Zimmermann_Telegram
gptkbp:response diplomatic protests to Germany
gptkbp:significance influenced US entry into World War I
gptkbp:survived 761
gptkbp:time_to_sink 18 minutes
gptkbp:voyage_origin gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:war_zone_declared_by gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:wreckLocation near Kinsale, Ireland
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_Thomas_Turner
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5