#OTD in 1915 – The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co Cork with the loss of more than 1,100 lives.

07/05/2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

The passenger liner Lusitania is torpedoed and sunk ten miles off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co Cork by German U-boat U-20 under the command of Captain Walter Schweiger, resulting in the death of 1,198 of the ship’s passengers and crew. Only 761 people survived what was perceived by Britain as a flagrant breach of […]

#OTD in 1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked on West Calf Island, off the Southern Coast of Ireland.

10/11/2022.Reading time 1 minute.

The Stephen Whitney was a passenger carrying sailing ship which was wrecked on West Calf Island off the southern coast of Ireland on 10 November 1847 with the loss of 92 of the 110 passengers and crew aboard. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse. The 1034 ton ship left New […]

#OTD in 1915 – The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co Cork with the loss of more than 1,100 lives.

07/05/2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

#OTD in 1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked on West Calf Island, off the Southern Coast of Ireland.

10/11/2021.Reading time 1 minute.

#OTD in 1915 – The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co Cork with the loss of more than 1,100 lives.

07/05/2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

#OTD in 1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked on West Calf Island, off the Southern Coast of Ireland.

10/11/2020.Reading time 1 minute.

#OTD in 1915 – The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co Cork with the loss of more than 1,100 lives.

07/05/2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

#OTD in 1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked on West Calf Island, off the Southern Coast of Ireland.

10/11/2019.Reading time 1 minute.

#OTD in 1915 – The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co Cork with the loss of more than 1,100 lives.

07/05/2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

#OTD in 1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked on West Calf Island, off the Southern Coast of Ireland.

10/11/2018.Reading time 1 minute.

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#OTD in 1915 – The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co Cork with the loss of more than 1,100 lives.

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#OTD in 1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked on West Calf Island, off the Southern Coast of Ireland.

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#OTD in 1915 – The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co Cork with the loss of more than 1,100 lives.

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#OTD in 1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked on West Calf Island, off the Southern Coast of Ireland.

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#OTD in 1915 – The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co Cork with the loss of more than 1,100 lives.

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#OTD in 1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked on West Calf Island, off the Southern Coast of Ireland.

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#OTD in 1915 – The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co Cork with the loss of more than 1,100 lives.

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#OTD in 1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked on West Calf Island, off the Southern Coast of Ireland.

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#OTD in 1915 – The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co Cork with the loss of more than 1,100 lives.

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#OTD in 1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked on West Calf Island, off the Southern Coast of Ireland.

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