RMS Lusitania

The RMS Lusitania was a ship that sank in 1915 during WWI because of a U-boat. The large ship took 15-18 minutes to sink (in 100 meters of water). It was as famous a disaster as another sinking, of the RMS Titanic.

Before sinking
The Lusitania was built by ownership of the Cunard Line. The ship sailed from 1906 (when it was built) to 1915 (in its sinking).

May 7, 1915
While it was sailing in the Afternoon (during World War I), a German U-boat found it, and shot a torpedo, and a hole was blown at the starboard bow. It was flooding fast. Soon, in 4 minutes, the lights went off, ans the captain of the ship (William T. Turner) ordered the boats to go. But, it listed so hard to starboard, that the boat lowering is harder.

When the bow got down, and later the bridge, the captain was in the deck. Turner was washed overboard, and got on a chair. He ended up being one of the survivors. When there the boilers fell when the ship hit the bottom in 100 meters of water, causing the fall of the third funnel. The remaining funnels fell afterward. The bow was pulled down until it sank to the bottom of the ocean.