A team of divers and archaeologists will today attempt to recover a number of artefacts from the wreck of the Lusitania.
The vessel was sunk by a German U-boat off the Old Head of Kinsale in 1915, with the loss of almost 1,200 lives.
Divers hope to recover the telemotor and a number of telegraphs, whose needles will indicate what state the engine was in when it went down.
Two vessels and nine divers are involved in the operation, as well as two archaeologists.
US multimillionaire Gregg Bemis, who has owned the wreck since 1968, has spent at least €5m trying to find out if the passenger ship was carrying ammunitions.
Last month, a team lead by him, cut through the hull of the ship in a bid to discover what caused a second explosion on board the passenger liner, which now lies 100 metres below water.
