RMS Lusitania

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Blue_Riband
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:John_Brown_&_Company
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Clydebank,_Scotland
gptkbp:cardType 9
gptkbp:cargo rifle cartridges
shell casings
gptkbp:category gptkb:World_War_I_shipwrecks
Maritime disasters
gptkbp:christened gptkb:Mary,_Lady_Inverclyde
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 16 June 1904
gptkbp:crew 850
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Leonard_Peskett
gptkbp:fate sunk by torpedo
gptkbp:featuredIn numerous books and documentaries
gptkbp:flag gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:grossTonnage 31,550 gross tons
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label RMS Lusitania
gptkbp:IMO_number 5607952
gptkbp:launched 7 June 1906
gptkbp:length 787 feet
gptkbp:maidenVoyage 7 September 1907
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Lusitania_Peace_Memorial,_Cobh
gptkbp:notableEvent rapid sinking in 18 minutes
torpedoed by U-20
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Elbert_Hubbard
gptkb:Alfred_Gwynne_Vanderbilt
gptkb:Charles_Frohman
gptkbp:number 124082
gptkbp:numberOfFunnels 4
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Cunard_Line
gptkbp:passengersAndCrew 1,962
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:purpose transatlantic passenger service
gptkbp:registrationPort gptkb:Liverpool
gptkbp:route Liverpool to New York
gptkbp:sankOffCoastOf gptkb:Old_Head_of_Kinsale,_Ireland
gptkbp:sinkingCaused international outrage
gptkbp:sinkingInfluenced gptkb:United_States_entry_into_World_War_I
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:RMS_Mauretania
gptkbp:speed 25 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy gptkb:German_U-boat_U-20
7 May 1915
gptkbp:survived 764
gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode 124082
gptkbp:victim 1,198
gptkbp:warTimeUse carried munitions
gptkbp:wreckLocation about 93 meters
Atlantic Ocean, near Kinsale, Ireland
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sinking_of_RMS_Lusitania
gptkb:ship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4