A submarine war

In the days before its encounter with the Lusitania, German submarine U-20

sank three other British ships off the southern coast of Ireland. The Germans

forced the Earl of Latham schooner to stop, ordered its crew to abandon

ship, and then fired 12 shells to sink it. The steamship Candidate was bombed

and sunk while en route to the West Indies, though the crew managed to

escape in lifeboats. The Centurion also met with the same fate.

Christine Fellenz NGM Staff

A submarine war

In the days before its encounter with

the Lusitania, German submarine

U-20 sank three other British ships

off the southern coast of Ireland. The

Germans forced the Earl of Latham

schooner to stop, ordered its crew to

abandon ship, and then fired 12

shells to sink it. The steamship

Candidate was bombed and sunk

while en route to the West Indies,

though the crew managed to escape

in lifeboats. The Centurion also met

with the same fate.

Lusitania’s course

U-20’s course

Christine Fellenz, NGM Staff