On This Day: U-boat sinks British liner Lusitania killing 1,200 On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat sank the British liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing nearly 1,200 people.

Miami Beach sinking boat survivor says it submerged shortly after boarding 01:47. Multiple agencies, including the U.S. Coast Guard, rescued 32 people from a 63-foot boat when it began to take on ...