3. Warnings Were Issued Before Departure
Prior to the RMS Lusitania’s ill-fated voyage, the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., placed advertisements in several New York newspapers, including The New York Times, warning that Americans traveling on British or Allied ships in war zones did so at their own risk. These notices appeared on the same page as advertisements for the Lusitania’s departure from New York to Liverpool. Despite these warnings, the ship’s captain, William Turner, dismissed them as “the best joke I’ve heard in many days,” and the voyage proceeded as planned. (history.com)
