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The Lusitania's Last Voyage

Report of the Court

The Court, having carefully enquired into the circumstances of the above mentioned disaster, finds, that the loss of the said ship and lives was due to damage caused to the said ship by torpedoes fired by a submarine of German nationality whereby the ship sank.

In the opinion of the Court the act was done not merely with the intention of sinking the ship, but also with the intention of destroying the lives of the people on board.

Dated this seventeenth day of July, 1915.

Mersey,
          Wreck Commissioner.


We concur in the above Report,

F. S. Inglefield Assessors.
H. J. Hearn
David Davies
John Spedding

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