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RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906. She was the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of her sister Mauretania three months later and was awarded the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing in 1908.
The roots of this view began in the first reports about the sinking from Vice-Admiral Coke commanding the Navy at Queenstown. He reported that "ship was especially warned that submarines were active on south coast and to keep mid-channel course avoiding headlands also position of submarine off Cape Clear at 10:00 was communicated by W/T to her".
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 2010 Ship State Description Atlantic Mist United States The 185-foot (56.4 m) fishing vessel – a former PCE-842-class patrol craft – was scuttled as an artificial reef in 100 feet (30 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean at , approximately 26 nautical miles (48 km; 30 mi) southeast of Indian River Inlet, Delaware, and equidistant from Cape May, New Jersey ...
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A Spanish galleon described as “the Holy Grail of shipwrecks” is set to be raised from the ocean floor - along with its treasures which are believed to be worth up to $20bn in today’s money ...
A cargo ship, wrecked off the coast of Inisheer, the smallest of the Aran Islands, and has since been thrown above high tide mark at Carraig na Finise. Islanders rescued the entire crew from the stricken vessel – an event captured in a pictorial display at the National Maritime Museum in Dún Laoghaire , County Dublin .
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The shipwreck itself has been moving because of underwater mudflows and as a result the ship's movement is a source of scientific research on that matter. [ 60 ] 28°53′N 89°29′W / 28.883°N 89.483°W / 28.883; -89.483 (