List of ships named ''Lusitania''

Numerous vessels have borne the name Lusitania, named for Lusitania, an ancient Roman province corresponding to most of modern Portugal. The most famous was:

RMS Lusitania (launched 1906), a British ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat in World War I

Other vessels include:

Lusitania (1805 ship) (built 1805), that a French frigate captured in 1813 and released, and that between 1826 and 1830 made a whaling voyage to TImor and the waters around Papua New Guinea.
SS Lusitania (1871) (built 1871), an Orient Steam Navigation Company ocean liner wrecked in 1901^[1]
SS Lusitania (built 1906), a Portuguese liner wrecked on Bellows Rock on 18 April 1911

Citations

↑ "Lusitania wrecked off Newfoundland coast; Passengers numbering more than 350 escape in lifeboats". The New York Times. 27 June 1901. Retrieved 6 December 2016.

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