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16.12.2008 22:54:22
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Прочее; WWI; Флот;
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Они стреляли, полагая цель вооруженным перевозчиком войск.
Мавритания, к слову, этим как раз тогда и занималась.
А список боеприпасов можно найти даже у такого популяризотра как Масси - и это 2003 года.
In fact, there was reason for concern, but it was one of which Lusitania’s passengers were unaware. The ship’s cargo space was—just as the Germans claimed—being used to carry American munitions to Britain. As Lusitania prepared for her last voyage, 1,248 cases of 3-inch artillery shells—four shells to a case—and 4,927 boxes of rifle ammunition—each case containing 1,000 rounds and the total weighing 173 tons, which included ten tons of explosive powder—had been placed in the liner’s cargo. Whether this cargo exploded when a torpedo hit the ship has been the subject of many years of passionate, highly technical, and still unresolved debate.
Так что "открытием" это назвать очень сложно.