Lusitania Sinks in REAL TIME - New 2023 Animation
In memory of all of those aboard Lusitania on her fateful final voyage
For Licencing/Media Enquires please email me at: jackg20044@gmail.com
This animation was made using the wonder Felis Leopard model and wouldn't be possible without his incredible work.
I decided to embark on this personal project a month ago with the limited research available online about the Sinking of the Lusitania with most of this animations research stemming from the incredible Levi Rourke's and Titanic Animation's research in 2018-2019 with additional input on the final plunge angles by myself during animating.
This animation is absolutely NOT the final word on the Sinking of the Lusitania and was far more a tribute to those aboard than an final say on her sinking.
A massive special thanks must go out to both Titanic: Honor and Glory and Ocean Liner Designs for allowing me to use their UE5 Assets to create this incredible animation and their incredible work I've done with them to lead me to a point where I can produce my own high quality animations. I hope to continue this line of animations with other ship disasters in the future.
Amazing work Jack!
Hello!
This is Jack's work? Awesome! Subbing rn!
I knew i was going to find you here Mike
HMS titanic
I agree nice work
Titanic:- Enough Time. Less Lifeboats😢 Lusitania:-Enough Lifeboats. Less Time😢
Britannic:- Enough lifeboats Good time😊
Propellers:😢 @@Tylerz_theman
Titanic did not have enough time. By the time the FINAL two lifeboats were being prepared, water was washing onto the top deck so the 2 collapsables they were trying to prepare couldn't be lowered from the davits and were simply washed off the deck. And by this time, Titanic was sinking at a RAPID pace and had about 10 mins left. 10 Mins from the moment the water reached the top deck to the entire ship going beneath the waves. It was a miracle that titanic lasted so long, but not only would more lifeboats be absolutely useless, but there wasn't even time to prepare the the last 2.
@@tacticalfries102the Titanic had enough time but not enough lifeboats and a nearby ship ignored the sos call from the Titanic and she sank in 2 hours and 20 minutes. The lusitania they had enough lifeboats but not enough time since the lusitania sank in 18 minutes. And Germany was backlashed over the sinking of the lusitania
@@MrWill1985 Again she didnt have enough time. If you look it up there wasn't enough time for the last 2 lifeboats to be properly prepared and were washed off the deck. And for that ship off in the distance. Its name was the SS Californian and its boilers were completely shut off for the night, which meant it would've taken hours to start up again. Not only that but it was in the middle of an ice field, so even if it wanted to go help, it was stuck. Plus the ships Wireless room was shut off after the Californian tried to warn Titanic about Icebergs, just for Titanics wireless operators got annoyed and told them off. So Californian shut its wireless room off for the night. After the sinking they stated that they thought Titanics flares were company ships communicating with each other. So they didn't even know Titanic was sinking.
The fact she sank so fast makes it so terrifying. Awesome job, too.
i would have been sitting watching from a distance with pop corn
You know the scariest thing was the German U-Boat had a second torpedo loaded but he felt pretty bad about what happened so he seized fire hoping that the people would survive
@@tylersimmons2588He only wanted to sink the Lusitania because there was ammunition on board
@@paulwoodford1984 You fool...
@@tylersimmons2588The captain was actually horrified by the sight of the second explosion he had only given the order to fire because he expected it to sink slower then it did. Instead it hit the ammunition in the hold and detonated which haunted the captain for years to come.
The thing that has always stuck out to me regarding the sinking was the weather: It was a bright, sunny, and beautiful day off the Old Head of Kinsale that afternoon, with many locals like the Hendersons out on picnics, only to witness the horrific events in the distance. This video really helped show that sad juxtaposition.
and not a cloud in the sky so why do these have clouds?
The young Irish boy George Henderson had witnessed the sinking of LUSITANIA and he said, “I can still be standing here and watching that liner slide down below the waves as she sunk.”😭
@@dustingriffith7399 at 10 nautical miles he would not have seen much without binoculars.
Whoever made those things that lower lifeboats into the sea needs to check in at an asylum🤗
@@ellabeers2279 when handled competently they worked just fine. That said they were superseded by a better design in the 1920. The Gravity drop davit that still is in use today.
Going down in the muddle of the ocean has to be the scariest feeling you could imagine.
Well, the Lusitania was actually, only about 13 miles from land where it sank, but yes going down with the Lusitania was extremely scary! There were hundreds who got trapped inside due its quick power outage.
@@DANIELLE_BREANNA_LACY many passengers didnt know that.
This is unreal. Great work
Sammmm!!! Thank uuu man! ❤️❤️
Hey Sam!
Sam WHEN IS THE ANDREA DORIA EPISODE COMING OUT
@@BeningignWIDK
I Watch your channel all the time but your accent with your audio setup is hard on the ears brother. You gotta mute up the walls are or close in your room so there isn’t such an echo😅
Whenever you feel like a failure, remember you could of been like the Lusitanias lifeboats
The fact that out of 48 lifeboats only 6 were launch successfully those were lifeboats 1,11,13,15 and 21 lifeboat 19 floated upside down after its failed launching
@@erickaraujo5327 A terrible state of affairs, did they learn noting from Titanic?
@@chatteyj It was wartime, and the usual Cunard crews were in battle, so Cunard hired people with little or no experience. Lifeboat drills did not include lowering the boats, so we see why the crews lost control while lowering. Crews also ignored orders to wait, and lowered before it was safe to do so. Finally, most of the boats were collapsible rafts, not true boats. They were stowed beneath the lifeboats and could not be launched until the lifeboats were launched. There was no time to do so.
@@mairhart And you know too, the Lusitania took only 18 minutes to completely sink following the torpedo hit so it’s actually amazing how they successfully filled and launched the 6 lifeboats they did.
I've been reading Diana Preston's 'Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy' and she does a really job in explaining the physical sinking, as well as passenger reactions and actions. This animation seems to really fit everything I've read, and it's done in such an incredible way. Even the funnel soot explosions as their tops went underwater (and several people were sucked in and some out!) was animated. Great job!
Oh Diana Preston is incredible! I had her book interview on a lot during the animation process haha
I too have just finished listing to this as an audio book last month on my drive home from Melbourne to Alice Springs it is a brilliant telling of the whole story not just those 18 minutes of tragedy.
..Apart from the horrific visuals one after another. .the sounds also were so terrifying, bone-chilling & haunting...Can't imagine what a nightmare those poor passengers went through that day in the real sinking....Breathtakingly realistic animation by Jack Gibson..Jack is with THG... ..The Lusitania model creator also earns a special respect from us cause the rendering is done beautifully with historical accuracies...Love you guyz from the bottom of my heart...Please get these stuff going... . 👌🏼👏🏼🤘🏼👍🏼💙🙏🏼🥺
🎥”I hope LUSITANIA will someday become a brand new Hollywood/British movie production in this 21st century! Because LUSITANIA deserves to be popular today as her old competitor TITANIC and LUSITANIA needs more appreciation to remember her tragic time on the Southern Irish coast since May 7th 1915!” 🎥🎞🍿LUSITANIA⭐️🚢🌅
Same, except I think a miniseries would be better because no one wants to watch a whole movie waiting to watch the ship sink at the end. Plus the war stuff would kinda bore most of some ppl out
@@gabrielvences6524 people sat through 3 hours of Titanic, so?
@@KiwiSentinel well because of the melodrama of the love story. It's something that connects to most, if not, all ppl. I don't think ppl would care much for a movie mostly about war.
@@gabrielvences6524😌Honestly, I don’t care about TV miniseries, I want to see LUSITANIA become a big motion picture for both American and British audiences to see this magnificent ship that once did inspire the White Star Line’s OLYMPIC Class Ships of Olympic, Titanic and Britannic. The Titanic survivors were involved with LUSITANIA during her career before she sank. Trust me, I’m creating a Beauty and the Beast influential story on LUSITANIA between a Scotch/Irish woman and her American husband who they have been married for 3 years after the Titanic Disaster and LUSITANIA was going to be their last moments together before LUSITANIA is gone.😭LUSITANIA will always be with me as she was once an Unsinkable Cunard Liner!
@@gabrielvences6524 Remember, in history one of the Titanic survivors were involved with LUSITANIA people like Margaret (Molly) Brown, Harold Bride and finally Miss Lady Duff Gordon bought her ticket for the final voyage of LUSITANIA but she canceled her trip because her health illness. However, one English seaman survived both ships of TITANIC and LUSITANIA, his name is George Beauchamp. Both TITANIC and LUSITANIA now have connections in history!
My hats off to the creator, This is the first time I have watched a Lusitania sinking animation and genuinely got a idea of the hopelessness and despair of the passengers as their ship ship sank so fast out from underneath them. To a point the soundscape was at a level where it made me feel like I was there
Your use of perspective, sea conditions, gravity, physics, and well research facts, makes this the best computerized simulation of a sinking. That's not to say some of the recent "Titanic" sims aren't as good, but this employs every true applicable condition on the liner and above the liner. This is above anything produced to date. "excellent" doesn't say enough. I have studied "Lusitania", "Titanic" and especially "Andrea Doria" enough to call myself an authority on the liner sinkings. This sim is superior.
This is truly incredible! Out of all of the Lusitania animations I’ve seen, this one is far superior. The animation is superb and the cinematography is exquisite! But what takes the cake for me is the sound design! It has so much depth, and gravity, particularly from 17:36 to 18:11. When ships stern shot out of the water, combined with those sounds, I sat there with my mouth open, and chills ran down my spine. Whoever did the sound design, 11/10! Truly incredible work Jack!
I truly appreciate this ❤I actually did all the editing, sound design and animation haha - the sounds were pre-made but I went through slowing them down, reverbing and reversing them in areas to get the perfect sounds of the ship plunging - really glad you enjoyed the video!
@@jackganimations Wow! Well it’s very impressive, and you did an amazing job with every aspect of the video!
6:25 if i remember, the only way into certain cargo area was through the elevators . what a shitty way to go
@@randomrazr For real! Such a horrible long and drawn out way to die.
“yes, so what? Maybe I did look up ship sinking animation”
Holy guacamole this is just FREAKING AMAZING!!!!! GREAT JOB!!!!! WE’RE ALL VERY PROUD OF YOU!!!!!
The animation is great but in my opinion, it is the incredible sound ambience that sells this as a masterpiece! You can hear the panic and tension and it makes it all the more real. Bravo!
WOW! Just WOW! The graphics are getting so realistic nowadays that it feels like we are observing the ship in 1915. I wish you could make more of this video's like an alternate reality where Britannic makes her maiden voyage after the First World War.
109 years ago today 1915-2024!
RIP To the 1,195 passengers and crew who were killed in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania
OUTSTANDING!!! Well Detailed And Well Accurate. I Call This Video A "Ture Blockbuster Original Masterpiece." And It Deserves An Emmy Award.
The thing i like about Jack's animations is how some shots are mirrors to actual shots used in movies/films about the ship in question. Around the 1:30 mark is a shot very similar to a Lusitania docudrama from the 2000s
Hey just remember as we spoken last year to change the funnel number 4 (most forward) connected to boiler room 1 below to not smoke; boiler room number one as an auxiliary boiler room for high speed crossing was off on that trip. However all other 3 boiler rooms were on. So funnels 1, 2 and 3 (counting from the aft towards bow as Cunard did in opposite to White Star; same as we counting boiler rooms in opposite from bow to aft on Lusitania), do make lot of smoke. Water rushed inside; 45seconds - 1.30 minute later second explosion - most likely steam ruptured- occurred, crew panics or is simply unable to fight incoming water and run away leaving manually operating bunker hatches between boiler rooms and the flooding coal bunkers wide open for the sea. Ship becomes to flood and within probably 9-10 minutes takes on as much as 10-12,000 tons of water. She was, after 15 minutes roughly in the same condition as Titanic after 2 hours and 20 minutes of sinking. As portholes opened on F and E deck, watertight compartments above the boiler rooms become redundant, and water progresses further up, getting to C deck within 10 minutes after the torpedo impact. Simply a combination of massive destructive damage caused by 250kgs of TNT on the torpedo, steam rapture, crew inability to close the door, and extreme rate of flooding on multiple decks simultaneously, nailed all Lusitania’s abilities to stay afloat and survive something what theoretically was constructed for, based on war ship designs.
May those unfortunate souls rest in peace.
The most realistic animation of lusitania i ever seen
Wow! The animation and shot compositions are AMAZING!
This is beautifully done. The animation, the sounds, the shot composition. Top notch! While I'm not very knowledgeable about Lusitania, this looks pretty accurate to me. Interestingly enough, there is a sketch from a survivor that depicts Lusitania plunging bodily, while quite a few accounts recall the stern rising into the air.
Amazing how the funnels doesn't collapse due to it's list.Titanic first funnels collapse during the sinking.
You did an amazing job on this real-time sinking video of the Lusitania. Out of all the real-time Lusitania sinking videos I have seen, this is the best one as far, amazing job Jack!
Excellent work! I collect Lusitania animations and this is one of the best ones - in my opinion the sinking was scarier than Titanic because people had very little time to save their lives.
Definitely scarier then titanic.
@@AppGuy Absolutely... the lifeboats breaking loose and killing people on deck - total nightmare fuel. Might as well have been "deathboats". It makes you realize how skilled Titanic's sailors were to get almost all boats off with no accidents.
I agree, if we think about it apart from the deadly cold water Titanic sank beautifully in a long period of time in calm seas with almost no listing. Listing or capsize in boats is a terrifying and dangerous thing as it traps people in the ship with no means of escape.
@@neptunenavalmods4420 I definitely agree! And not only were the Lusitania’s lifeboats total nightmare fuel, but also its interior evacuation. The Lusitania lost power so fast that people got completely lost in its rooms and hallways and its elevators got completely stuck, trapping people inside. It makes you realize how skilled the Titanic’s crew was to keep its power up and running for as long as they did
It's very scary because even when you're on the lifeboat and you think that you're going to be safe everybody is thrown out!!!
How am I just now finding out that you have a KZhead channel?! First of all, this animation was breathtaking from start to finish!! Secondly, I must say that every single time I see your work whether it’s the Lusitania, Empress of Ireland, or the Titanic. You always never cease to amaze me! Your animations not only feel cinematic, but they feel intimate and genuinely immersive. Something that I feel imo a lot of animations lack. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication. And I’ll be waiting for your next masterpiece in the future! 😊🙏🏻🖤✌🏻
I truly appreciate this - it’s a long process making these animations but comments like this keep me wanting to make more content like this ❤️❤️
"Travellers intending to embark on the Atlantic voyage are reminded that a state of war exists between Germany... and Great Britain... travellers sailing in the war zone on ships of Great Britain or her allies do so at their own risk." -- Imperial German-US Embassy, April 1915
Fancy seeing you here Pete! 🖤
Unfortunately people didn't 100% think they would sink the lusitania and others were misinformed they would be protected by the British admiralty. And some thought they wouldn't let her sail if it wasn't safe. But regardless Germany got backlash for the sinking
Lusitania was also a Armed Merchant Cruiser until a few months before, built as one hence her turbines She was a legitimate target in every way. And this is a anglophile saying this
Listening to the "Scream" Soundtrack "Randy almost gets it" "Gail crashes the Van" "They're crazy" is kinda fitting....
They learnt one lesson from the Titanic; they had enough lifeboats. Unfortunately they still hadn't learnt how to launch them properly and safely. Skip shoulda ordered all the lifeboats on the port side (the side the boats were scraping on ) to be lowered empty that way people could have climbed into them when the Lusitania was gone. Tragic that so many died again.
You couldn't really do much in that situation. It was really unsafe to launch the lifeboats, due to the ship still moving fast.
@@GamePlayerZ1912and with how fast the lusitania sank many third class passengers and crew couldn't make it to the lifeboats. Plus some first class passengers were stuck in the elevator.
This was very scary to watch, can you just imagine? If you are in the lifeboat finally, you think that you might be saved. Only to be thrown out!!! It's actually very horrifying. Yet somehow the entire video is very beautiful too. Great video. ❤
At least most of those who didn’t drown nor get fatally hit by those lifeboats were able to hold up in the water until they were found.
Excellent video! For those curious about the significance of the sinking of the Lusitania in the context of World War I, here’s some insight: Among Lusitania’s dead were 123 Americans, and this sinking enraged the United States, who was largely committed to not getting involved in WWI at this point. In response to this sinking and to stave off the potential US entry into the war, Germany established the Sussex Pledge, where they promised that any ship targeted by a U-boat would be warned beforehand and the people evacuated before the ship was sunk. The United States would not enter World War I until 1917. Contrary to popular belief though, while the sinking of the Lusitania was a big factor in the United States’ eventual decision, it was not the deciding factor or the biggest factor- that would be the Zimmerman telegram; which came about a year and a half after the Lusitania sank EDIT: It was brought to my attention that it was the sinking of the SS Sussex that actually inspired the Sussex pledge; I apologize for the confusion; seems my history textbook from high school oversimplified the story
Were any ships every warned?
the torpedoing of the SS Sussex is the reason why the Sussex Pledge was created. Otherwise, you'd think it'd be called the Lusitania Pledge.
@@CPorter Huh; I stand corrected then. Man, my history textbook from high school really oversimplified the narrative for this
Yes But they had a habit of trying to run over the smaller subs so it was quickly dumped
U.S said they weren't involved, but many people in the military have stated that the ship was smuggling weapons in the war effort. I can't confirm, wasn't there but I believe it. America is still doing the same thing today as well as Israel. Giving guns to cartels and terrorists
That looks amazing. I really loved some of those shots in this animation.
Brilliant job, Jack! Only mere 3 years after the loss of Titanic, the Lusitania comes to her own untimely end with a great loss of life...
“Jack, this is exquisite work!”
Am i the only one who wishes they'd one day make a full blockbuster movie about this tragedy? Also, great editing and camera angles here. The addition of "people" makes this even more realistic and horrifying.
I'm amazed that she remained intact even though so much of her was out of the water, unlike Titanic of course.
me too. People were still standing around on the port boat deck awaiting orders until the water came up.
Titanic was bigger than Lusitania, so it makes sence why Titanic broke in half while sinking.
@@DrCury448 Size has nothing to do with it.
@@KiwiSentinel then what is it?
@@DrCury448 It is the stress of an unsupported hull and keel.
Amazing work as always Jack!
The sounds you did for this were haunting to put it lightly. This is amazing work!!
This is absolutely amazing and gave me some more inspiration for my upcoming project
This was very well done. Excellent angles and very realistic
Mike speaks very highly of you as I'm sure you know. Completely deserved!
This is one of the best ship sinking videos I've ever seen. The details of boat and scenery as well as the explanations and everything are on point 👍
Wow. Simply amazing! Great work
Amazing work, Jack!
This was excellent. Thank you for your efforts for bringing this sinking to life
Fantastic job.Thank you!
My great great grandfather survived the sinking, he was deck hand and was on promenade deck working when the Torpedo struck. His best friend was trapped in the forward storage bunker which only had a electric elevator in and out. When the electric went out all the men down there were doomed. Ome of the reasons that emergency exits became mandatory. He lived a long life and never forgot his friend. My grandmother said he would talk of him even up until the day he passed on. He was gone before I was even a thought but 40 years on the oceans.
Looks amazing, I like the graphics. Well done Jack!
Jack, this is outstanding; congrats! 😃
Great animation Jack very proud ❤
This is an amazing representation. Quickly become a fan of your work and channel. Assuming also your the same Jack who animated the sinking of the Empress with Oceanliner designs. Incredible work! ❤
Also, I noticed you included the small group of swimmers getting sucked into the funnel as she dips below, attention to detail. Probably one of the more terrifying and miraculous stories of her sinking
The level of detail is insane, great job!
Awesome Animation Jack!
Amazing how you show smoke coming out of the forward funnel long after the boiler room is flooded.
Beautiful work you did alot of effort into this❤
Definitely my favourite real-time sinking of the lusitania great job thw animation is just fantastic.👍
Props to the cameraman who went back in time to film this! 😃
Truly fantastic. Appreciate your effort
Well done. I like the attention to detail (like the shadows). I also liked how the people floated along the deck. Like the Penguin in the Blues Brothers movie.
I have to say, it is extortionary, it really REALLY is, it's breathtaking the amount of work and detail gone into it is just outstanding.
Finally s theory that's very accurate to the survivor testimony and new sketches I found
This is amazing Jack.
This is by far the best sinking simulation I have seen of the RMS Lusitania. I'm very impressed 👏
Probably the best version of the sinking I've seen to date. There's even smoke from where the 2nd explosion likely took place. Too bad there were no inside shots, but there were plenty of unique views during the sinking itself. Lusitania seemed to be the best case of what could go wrong did go wrong.
In a stressful situation, many things will of course go wrong. The Lusitania required far more redundancy than shipbuilders or regulators imagined.
Really well made, good job man!
Nice. Thanx for mentioning. Love the animation and render! Too bad you didn't show the Bridge or Veranda Cafe. I put so much effort modeling them. Maybe in some future video?
Felis!!! So glad you loved it - yessss Unreal Engine wasn't too kind to the model so I had to cut scenes I shot in those areas but I promise for next years animation they'll make it in!
@@jackganimations Understandable. This model wasn't made for game engines. Initially i was making it for rendering in Blender. To export it into the game engine, such as UE5, will require a lot of work. Mostly: dividing it into separate parts and then reassemble in the game editor. It's huge work and i like the result! Also, i noticed that some elements lost their hard edges during the export. Like funnel bases or boxes with ropes and life-vests.
These videos are so fascinating but so morbid. Like no one would ever want to be there in real life. But we still want to see what it would be like if we were there. Thanks for the videos. I always enjoy them.
Best lusitania sinking on youtube.
The fact that out of 48 lifeboats only 6 were launch successfully those were lifeboats 1,11,13,15 and 21 lifeboat 19 floated upside down after its failed launching
It is awful how some of the lifeboats broke loose and crashed through the crowd on deck - that would have been terrible to see in real life
Awesome work Jack!
My Great Grandfather and my Great Aunt survived the sinking.
13:20 OH MY GOD
only commenting just now but i watched it when it premiered! you did amazing jack you should be proud!
It is shocking that more people survived this sinking (767), which took less than 20 min than the Titanic sinking (706), which took 2.5 hrs.
Daylight and warmer water
@@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044 even at 50° people can still die of hypothermia in the water and many of them did.
@@srrealism1530 indeed but not as rapid
I was thinking of °c
Way to many died here, they should have been ale to save nearly everyone, launching the lifeboats quickly and empty and just get everyone to swim to them.
Dude this was phenomenal !
How this are amazing details,great job!
"now"
thats really amazing!
I didn't realize the water was so shallow that the bow hit the bottom before the rest of the ship sunk.
Like the britannic??
Great work this looks fantastic! You should make a short movie or something about the Lusitania because this looks awesome.
The best lusitania animation i have ever seen
Dude this is awesome Keep it up
Kapitänleutnant Schwieger ruined everyone's vacation, that's for sure. I'd rather get caught in the torpedo blast than end up trapped in an elevator, what a horrible way to go.
I m in love with these oceanliners : so elegant and beautiful
Outstanding work!
This is amazing!
amazing work
Omg fantastic work
Awesome!
Today is May 7 which is the anniversary of the Lusitania’s sinking
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Wow, your animation about the Lusitania is absolutely genius!
Amazing video!
I suddenly have the urge to play Silent Hunter again
fantastic Animation... feeling real event
I like it when the simulation is realistic, but it's cool
I love how you put people in the water❤
_LUSITANIA REAL-TIME SINKING_ (TIMELINE OF EVENTS) May 7, 1915, 2:08 p.m. Celtic Sea, 11 miles South of Kinsale, SW Coastline of Ireland The Cunard passenger ship RMS Lusitania in on the seventh and final day of a routine voyage from New York City to Liverpool. Operating in wartime, the captain has taken precautions in the past several hours to avoid enemy submarines, and believes that the ship has steered clear of potential danger and will arrive in port by evening... 2:09 p.m. (1:53) - Lusitania's crew spots a torpedo (fired from German u-boat U-20) approaching the ship and attempts evasive action. 2:10 p.m. (2:07) - A single torpedo strikes the Lusitania on the starboard side in the No. 1 boiler room underneath the bridge. (2:11) - A second explosion from the forward boiler room sends a geyser of coal lumps and dust erupting through the top deck* (2:19) - Almost immediately, the Lusitania develops a sharp starboard list as water rapidly fills hull. 2:11 p.m. (3:36) - In an attempt to beach the ship, Turner hopes to steer the ship north towards the Irish coast. The ship's steering, however, quickly ceases to be responsive. - Realizing beaching is hopeless, Turner order the engines full astern , but the engineers are unable to implement commands due to loss of steam pressure. 2:12 p.m. (4:42) - Emergency distress signals are sent out and received the the coastal wireless station. 2:13 p.m. (6:05) - The ship's power fails. 2:14 p.m. (7:10) - In the ensuing panic, several lifeboats are loaded and launched without authorization. All attempts fail. - The Lusitania carries 48 lifeboats with a carrying capacity that is more than sufficient for all passengers and crew onboard. 2:16 p.m. (8:41) - Despite having lost engine power, the Lusitania continues to cruise forward by momentum, but slows down. 2:18 p.m. (11:19) - Captain turner gives the order to being launching the boats as the ship slows down enough to safely lower. - Only six are successfully launched. 2:19 p.m. (12:18) - The forecastle deck reaches the waterline. - In the panic, Many passengers jump overboard to escape the sinking ship. 2:21 p.m. (14:39) - The bridge and boat deck reach the waterline. 2:23 p.m. (15:30) - Lusitania begins its final plunge. 2:25 p.m. (17:40) - As the bow plunges forward, the stern section rises. 2:26 p.m. (18:50) - The Lusitania's bow crushes into the seabed. The stern halts its rise and slowly begins to lower and settle into the ocean. 2:28 p.m. (20:31) - The Lusitania slips beneath the waves. SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS: kzhead.info/sun/mtB8ppdlqqadiX0/bejne.html - Lusitania - How the Disaster Could Have Been Avoided www.lusitania.net/disaster.htm - Lusitania Online, "Disaster, Rescue, Recovery" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_RMS_Lusitania#See_also - Wikipedia, "Sinking of the RMS Lusitania" www.pbs.org/lostliners/lusitania.html - "Lusitania" from PBS Lost Liners *The exact cause of the second explosion is unknown. Most plausible hypotheses are either a boiler exploded or an empty coal bunker ignited.
the animation detail is amazing