Today marks 100 years since a German U-boat torpedoed the Cunard liner Lusitania during World War I.
According to the BBC's website:
About 1,200 people died and 771 survived when the British liner was torpedoed by a German submarine on 7 May 1915 during World War One.
One of the largest ships in the world, it was sailing from New York to its home port of Liverpool when it was sunk off the coast of Ireland.
A minute's silence will be held at 14:10 BST - the time of the attack - at a service in Liverpool.To read more, go here.
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