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What was the name of the first merchant ship sunk by Germany?

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RMS Lusitania

Explanation: On May 7, 1915, less than a year after World War I (1914-18) erupted across Europe, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England.

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