Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "Final Plunge: Lusitania's TERRIFYING Last Minutes" video.

  1. You don't think the German policy of unrestricted submarine warfare might have had some relevance?
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  2. The German 'warning' only appeared on the day Lusitania sailed. Frankly, the assumption in the US, France, Britain (and most of Germany) was that no civilised power would attack one of the Great Liners. The shock, and repercussions, were such that unrestricted submarine warfare, introduced on 22 February, 1915, was swiftly abandoned. When it was re-introduced, in desperation, in February, 1917, the US declared war within two months.
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  3. She was carrying small arms ammunition, authorised by US Customs. She was not flying a US flag, and, as in WW2, the big liners were not excorted because of their high speed. She sank in 18 minutes, right outside a fishing port containing many fishing boats. You really want to know why Lusitania sank? Because the Germans had recently introduced unrestricted submarine warfare, and because no-one, American, British, French, or, indeed, most Germans, thought thaone of the great liners of the day would really be attacked without warning.
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  4.  @1968-Camaro-SS  There were two explosions. One caused by a torpedo, and a second one which recent research suggests was caused by coal dust from in an almost empty coal bunker. As I said, no exploration or search team has ever found anything aboard the wreck which wasn't on the manifest. Fantasising about anything to the contrary is doing so without a shred of evidence. By the way, Titanic wasn't ripped open. A number of small punctures were made in several compartments, beyond the capabilities of her crew to stop the flooding.
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  5.  @1968-Camaro-SS  Had you known much, or indeed anything, about the subject, you would know that neither in WW1 or in WW2 were the big liners, such as Mauretania. Aquitania. Olympic, Queen Mary, or Queen Elizabeth, given escorts, except close to Britain in WW2, when they were joined by AA destroyers or cruisers. Their defence was their speed. Moreover, until depth charges became available, and that was some four months after the sinking, exactly what purpose would an sort of escort have served? I will ignore your ramblings about other subjects as you appear to be merely a conspiracy theorist fool. However, neither flying foreign flags, as German vessels also did in both wars, was not illegal, nor was the use of Q ships. Perhaps you weren't aware that something which was illegal was the sinking of marchant vessels without warning? Of course the British & French wanted Allies for their war against the Central Powers. In fact, Italy declared war only 16 days after the sinking of Lusitania. Can't you come up with a conspiracy theory about that as well?
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  6. Small arms ammunition could be carried legally, and had been declared on the manifest in advance. You do know that Germany had a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in force at the time, do you?
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  7.  @boob72  Aside from the fact that Lusitania was a transatlantic liner, not a cruise ship, when you have as big a merchantile marine as the British had, using her to carry munitions would have been a very inefficient means of transporting them. Which is why everything she carried was openly declared to US Customs on her manifest, and the said US customs made no objections to any of it.
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  8. Board of Trade lifebelts were largely useless. They were made of cork. Should you jump in wearing one, it would ride up and break your neck.
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  9. No, but it is what you get when your enemy introduces unrestricted submarine warfare. The only munitions aboard Lusitania were for small arms, which were legal, declared to US customs, and, indeed, authorised by those customs. Had there been others, why, in over 105 years, haven't they been found?
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  10. Rubbish. Nothing has ever been found on Lusitania that had not been declared on her manifest, and had not been cleared by US Customs. Haven't you even heard of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, which the Germans had recently introduced?
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  11. It sounds exactly like what the Germans would do. Why else had they introduced unrestricted submarine warfare?
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