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It was a passenger liner.
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In 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania was torpedoed by a German u-boat (submarine) and sunk because the central powers believed the ship was being utilized to transport contraband (war materials) to the United Kingdom.
Lusitania was the Roman name for Portugal.
Germany claimed the Lusitania had weapons on board.
1,198 peoples lives were lost from the ship Lusitania.
Brazilian battleship Riachuelo ended in 1910.