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The Irish Ministry of Culture and Heritage has announced that one of the telegraphs, located on the wreck of the legendary ship RMS “Lusitania”, has been excavated from a depth of nearly 90 metres. The whole operation was planned and carried out legally. The liner “Lusitania” was sunk as a result of a torpedo attack and rests in the waters off the south coast of Ireland, near County Cork.
The excavation of the artefact was carried out last weekend, with Dungarvan-based technical diver Eoin McGarry and his team responsible for the entire operation. McGarry has spent the last 15 years researching and exploring the wreck of the ‘Lusitania’. During the summer he excavated, among other things, the base of the telegraph located on the bridge, while next year he planned to excavate the device itself.
Carrying out the entire recovery operation was not easy. The dive was carried out as planned despite poor weather, strong currents and very poor visibility. All the more reason to appreciate the effort of diving to a depth of 90 metres in these conditions.
The excavated artefact is likely to be put on public display in the nearby small town of Kinsale.
“I think it’s a great idea and the whole local community will benefit,” Heather Humphreys, Minister for Culture and Heritage, summed up the plan.
The transatlantic liner RMS “Lusitania” was sunk by the German submarine U20 on 7 May 1915. Nearly 1,200 people died, and the very fact of the sinking of the ship was used for propaganda and had a huge impact on the question of the USA’s entry into the First World War. Over the years, there have been many theories that the Germans were provoked to sink the submarine in order to gain the support of the American public to join the war effort.
The investigation into what caused the second explosion below deck of the ‘Lusitania’ is still ongoing. The ship sank in less than 18 minutes. This has raised many questions and allegations that weapons and ammunition intended for the British were in the hold.
The vessel was of steel construction, measuring over 232 metres long and almost 27 metres wide. She had four funnels, two masts and had a displacement of 44,000 tonnes. “Lusitania” could develop a top speed of 27 knots. She was built at the Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard and launched in 1906.
Source: irishtimes.com
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