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Ocean liner RMS 'Lusitania', 20th century. Launched in 1906, the Lusitania was built for the Cunard Steamship Line by John Brown & Co on the Clyde. One of the fastest liners of her day, she held the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossing from 1907 until losing it to her sister, the 'Mauretania', in 1909. On 7 May 1915, Lusitania was sunk off the Irish coast by a German submarine, the U-20, with the loss of 1198 lives.