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 |
THE LUSITANIA’S LAST VOYAGE
INTRODUCTION
On the 18th of May, 1915, the Board of Trade required that a Formal Investigation of the circumstances attending the loss of the “Lusitania” should be held, and the Court accordingly commenced to sit on the 15th of June.