What ocean liner sank the fastest?
What ocean liner sank the fastest? Lusitania sank in only 18 minutes, at a distance of 11.5 nautical miles (21 km) off the Old Head of Kinsale.
Did anyone survive Lusitania?
Of the 1,960 verified people on board Lusitania, 767 survived. Four survivors (marked with “*”) died of trauma related to the sinking shortly afterwards, reducing the number saved to 763.