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Ah Well
08-08-2011, 09:57 AM
Some interesting goings on off the Cork coast at the moment. Should also make for a good documentary when released next year on National Geographic.

AN AMERICAN multi-millionaire has moved a step closer to realising one of his life’s great ambitions — solving the enduring mystery of the sinking of the Lusitania.

Gregg Bemis, 83, who has owned the wreck since 1968, oversaw operations off the south coast on Saturday as divers began cutting through the hull of the wreck.

He is funding the multi-million dollar expedition, based on the Irish Lights vessel, the Granuaile, which is anchored some 90 metres over the wreck site about 25 nautical miles off the Old Head of Kinsale.

Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfgbmhojidcw/rss2/#ixzz1UQimNZZL

TotalMayhem
08-08-2011, 10:37 AM
The disaster also increased the pressure on the US to enter World War I.

Contrary to popular belief, the sinking of the Lusitania did not lead to America’s participation in World War One. Of the approximately 1,200 men, women and children lost in the sinking, only 124 were Americans—not enough to go to war over.