5 май 1915 г. - "No one alive today knows who made it, but Churchill and Fisher must share the responsibility. Shortly after noon on May 5 the Admiralty signaled the Juno to abandon her escort mission and return to Queenstown ...The Lusitania was not informed that she was now alone, and closing every minute to the U-20." The Lusitania by Colin Simpson pg. 130

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"At this juncture the Admiralty War Diary stops short, perhaps understandably, as it was here the decision was made that was to be the direct cause of the disaster. No one alive today knows who made it, but Churchill and Fisher must share the responsibility. Shortly after noon on May 5 the Admiralty signaled the Juno to abandon her escort mission and return to Queenstown. She was to travel southeast overnight so as to clear the Fastnet by some fifty miles and under cover of darkness. The Lusitania was not informed that she was now alone, and closing every minute to the U-20. Admiral Coke at Queenstown was informed of the order and instructed to protect the Lusitania as best he could. Coke in his turn did not warn the Lusitania."
"It was an incredible decision by any standards and can only be explained on two grounds: that both Churchill and Fisher were so preoccupied with the Dardanelles and their personal problems that they failed to appreciate it; or that it was the pinnacle of Churchill's higher strategy of embroiling the U-boats with a neutral power." pg. 130

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