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<p>[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8214385, member: 20201"]<font size="6"><b>1974 Sinking of the Lusitania</b></font></p><p><b>.925 Silver 39mm</b></p><p><b>Danbury Mint Medal</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441668[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441669[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Sinking of The HMS Lusitania</b></p><p><br /></p><p>By early 1915, a new threat, submarines, began to materialize. At first, they were used by the Germans only to attack naval vessels, and they achieved only occasional – but sometimes spectacular – successes.</p><p>Then the U-boats as they were called, began to attack merchant vessels at times.</p><p>Desperate to gain an advantage on the Atlantic, the German government decided to step up their submarine campaign. On 4 February 1915 Germany declared the seas around the British Isles a war zone and from 18 February allied ships in the area would be sunk without warning. Efforts would be taken to avoid sinking neutral ships.</p><p>The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany. The ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and Lusitania sank in 18 minutes.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441670[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>On board the Lusitania, Leslie Morton, an eighteen-year-old lookout at the bow, had spotted thin lines of foam racing toward the ship. He shouted, "Torpedoes coming on the starboard side!" through a megaphone, thinking the bubbles came from two projectiles. The torpedo struck Lusitania under the bridge, sending a plume of debris, steel plating and water upward and knocking lifeboat number five off its davits.</p><p>"It sounded like a million-ton hammer hitting a steam boiler a hundred feet high." one passenger said.</p><p>A second, more powerful explosion followed, sending a geyser of water, coal, dust and debris high above the deck.</p><p><br /></p><p>The vessel went down 11 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, killing 1,198 and leaving 761 survivors.</p><p>The sinking turned public opinion in many countries against Germany, contributed to the American entry into World War I and became an iconic symbol in military recruiting campaigns of why the war was being fought.</p><p><br /></p><p>1954 Topps Scoop No 5</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441671[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441672[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8214385, member: 20201"][SIZE=6][B]1974 Sinking of the Lusitania[/B][/SIZE] [B].925 Silver 39mm Danbury Mint Medal[/B] [ATTACH=full]1441668[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1441669[/ATTACH] [B]Sinking of The HMS Lusitania[/B] By early 1915, a new threat, submarines, began to materialize. At first, they were used by the Germans only to attack naval vessels, and they achieved only occasional – but sometimes spectacular – successes. Then the U-boats as they were called, began to attack merchant vessels at times. Desperate to gain an advantage on the Atlantic, the German government decided to step up their submarine campaign. On 4 February 1915 Germany declared the seas around the British Isles a war zone and from 18 February allied ships in the area would be sunk without warning. Efforts would be taken to avoid sinking neutral ships. The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany. The ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and Lusitania sank in 18 minutes. [ATTACH=full]1441670[/ATTACH] On board the Lusitania, Leslie Morton, an eighteen-year-old lookout at the bow, had spotted thin lines of foam racing toward the ship. He shouted, "Torpedoes coming on the starboard side!" through a megaphone, thinking the bubbles came from two projectiles. The torpedo struck Lusitania under the bridge, sending a plume of debris, steel plating and water upward and knocking lifeboat number five off its davits. "It sounded like a million-ton hammer hitting a steam boiler a hundred feet high." one passenger said. A second, more powerful explosion followed, sending a geyser of water, coal, dust and debris high above the deck. The vessel went down 11 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, killing 1,198 and leaving 761 survivors. The sinking turned public opinion in many countries against Germany, contributed to the American entry into World War I and became an iconic symbol in military recruiting campaigns of why the war was being fought. 1954 Topps Scoop No 5 [ATTACH=full]1441671[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1441672[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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