The British passenger liner RMS Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, during World War I. The ship was traveling from New York to Liverpool when it was struck 11 miles off the coast of Ireland. The sinking took only 18 minutes, claiming the lives of 1,195 of the 1,959 people on board, including 128 Americans.

april 14th 1912 11:40 RMS Titanic hit an iceburg and starts to sink will you survive. good luck.

Edward Smith was the captain of the most famious ocean linear in 1912 named the RMS Titanic. On April 10, 1912 the RMS Titanic left South Hampton headed for New York City. On day four of the Titanic voyage late at night just after 11:00 the crew in the crows nest spotted a large black iceburg. They called the bridg and warned them of the up ahead iceburg butit was to late the titanic was to large and traveling at to great of speeds to stop or turn away from thr iceburg in time. After the Titanic hit the iceburg and started to slowly sink.