Was there contraband on the Lusitania?

Was there contraband on the Lusitania?

As seen in the cargo manifest, Lusitania was carrying small arms munitions, which by themselves would not have been enough to sink the ship if detonated. This arrangement deviates from the cargo manifests of previous voyages that show fuses and filled shrapnel shells stored together in the forward magazine. …

Did they find weapons on the Lusitania?

Anne Constable The British passenger ship Lusitania was carrying small-arms ammunition in its hold when it was sunk by a German torpedo in 1915. An Irish dive team Tuesday recovered a sample of Remington . 303s, which had been listed on the cargo manifest but were never proven to have been on board.

Were there supplies on the Lusitania?

After the First World War, successive British governments maintained that there were no munitions on board Lusitania, and the Germans were not justified in treating the ship as a naval vessel.

What was recovered from the Lusitania?

Last week, the Irish Ministry of Culture and Heritage confirmed that divers have recovered the main ship’s telegraph from the RMS Lusitania, the Cunard ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915. Another telegraph from the ship was recovered in October 2016. …

Was there ammunition on the Lusitania?

“The facts are that there is a large amount of ammunition in the wreck, some of which is highly dangerous. But Coombes added that a 1918 New York court case had established the Lusitania had not been armed or carrying explosives but did have 4,200 cases of small arms ammunition aboard.

Was there ammo on the Lusitania?

What cargo was the Lusitania carrying?

rifle ammunition
The Lusitania was carrying a cargo of rifle ammunition and shells (together about 173 tons), and the Germans, who had circulated warnings that the ship would be sunk, felt themselves fully justified in attacking a vessel that was furthering the war aims of their enemy.