 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waMay 7, 1915, ngarava inonzi RMS Lusitania yakanyura. Kunyura kwacho kwakatora upenyu hwevanhu 1.198, 128 vavo vakanga vari vanhuwo zvavo vokuAmerica, uye kurwiswa kweiyi ngarava yavanhuwo zvavo isina zvombo kwakakatyamadza zvikuru vaAllies. Maererano nebhuku rezvikepe, Lusitania yakanga ichitakura zvinhu zvechiuto, kunyange zvazvo pasina mashoko aya akaudzwa vagari vokuBritain nevokuUnited States avo vaifunga kuti ngarava yacho yakanga isina zvombo kana zvombo zvechiuto chero zvipi zvazvo uye kuti kwaiva kuuraya kwoutsinye. Zvombo zvaaifamba nazvo zvaiva zviuru zvemabhokisi azere nezvombo zvepfuti, 3-inch 76 mm zvombo zvepfuti, uyewo zvimwe zvombo zvakasiyana-siyana zvinoshandiswa nevashandi. Kunyura kweLusitania kwakashandiswa zvikuru sepuropaganda mukurwisana noUmambo hweGermany uye kwakaparira tsigiro huru nokuda kwebasa rehondo. Mhinduro yakapararira muU.S. haina kuonekwa kutozosvikira kurwiswa kwechikepe chaitakura vagari vakawanda veUnited States of America. 