Hauling one of the 'Lusitania's' lifeboats onto the beach mb-height 2978 connecting the Paddington Canal and

connecting the Paddington Canal and the Thames at Limehouse

View from the River Thames with boats and crew on the water

looking to the viewer's right

Plate 283 from chapter 73 of Gleanings of natural history

Hauling one of the 'Lusitania's' lifeboats onto the beach mb-height 2978 connecting the Paddington Canal andHauling one of the 'Lusitania's' lifeboats onto the beach, Ireland, 8 May 1915. 'Lusitania' was sunk off the Old Head of Kinsdale by a German u boat on 7 May 1915. Although an unarmed passenger ship, she was carrying munitions. 1198 people lost their lives, of whom 128 were US citizens. The sinking was a significant contributing factor to America's entry into World War I two years later.