Keywords: SM U 20 Strand.jpg en This is the wreck of SM U20 the U boat which sank the Lusitania She ran aground at Vrist in Denmark on November 5th 1916 whilst trying to assist another U boat As she resisted all attempts at being refloated her commander Kapitan-Leutnant Walther Schwieger ordered a torpedo be detonated in one of her forward tubes to prevent her from falling into enemy hands The photo was taken a few days afterwards For more information about U20 her commander or the Lusitania visit www lusitania net cph 3b24099 Author 1916-11 <gallery> SM U 20 Strand tif tif version </gallery> PD-Bain German Mittel-U class submarine German Type U 20 submarine Lusitania ship 1907 |