magnetic disk. A memory device, such as a floppy disk or a hard disk, that is covered with a magnetic coating. Digital information is stored on magnetic disks in the form of microscopically small, magnetized needles, each of which encodes a single bit of information by being polarized in one direction (representing 1) or the other (representing 0).
The ship was designed by Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland. The ship was named after the ancient Roman province of Lusitania, which is now part of present-day Portugal and western Spain. Lusitania was launched on 7 June 1906 and entered service for Cunard on 26 August 1907.When she entered service, Lusitania set the records for the largest and fastest ship afloat, taking these records from the ships of the United Kingdomâs naval rival, Germany.he ship was named after the ancient Roman province of Lusitania, which is now part of present-day Portugal and western Spain. Lusitania was launched on 7 June 1906 and entered service for Cunard on 26 August 1907.
The Lusitania Departs Despite the German warning, the Lusitania departed from New York on May 1, 1915 on its way to Liverpool, England. The German Embassy even took out an advertisement in many of the US papers warning people that the ship may be attacked when it entered British waters.