![RMS Lusitania, the "Greyhound of the Seas", captured the Blue Ribbon for the fastest Atlantic crossing RMS Lusitania, the "Greyhound of the Seas", captured the Blue Ribbon for the fastest Atlantic crossing](https://www.modelshipmaster.com/products/ocean_liners/lusitania/lusitania0409%20(2).jpg)
RMS Lusitania, the "Greyhound of the Seas", captured the Blue Ribbon for the fastest Atlantic crossing
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![RMS LUSITANIA British ocean liner sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German u-boat 11 miles off the coast of southern Ireland used as a recruiting poster Stock Photo - Alamy RMS LUSITANIA British ocean liner sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German u-boat 11 miles off the coast of southern Ireland used as a recruiting poster Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/W40B34/rms-lusitania-british-ocean-liner-sunk-on-7-may-1915-by-a-german-u-boat-11-miles-off-the-coast-of-southern-ireland-used-as-a-recruiting-poster-W40B34.jpg)