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Author:

Scott, R. Neil.

Title:

Many were held by the sea : the tragic sinking of HMS Otranto / R. Neil Scott ; foreword by Lord George Islay MacNeill Robertson.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xxx, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, British.
Otranto (Troopship)
Kashmir (Troopship)
Marine accidents--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Transports--Great Britain--History--20th century.
World War, 1914-1918--Transportation--Great Britain.
World War, 1914-1918--Casualties--Great Britain.
Shipwrecks--Islay.--Islay.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Pride of the P&O line -- America joins the war -- Convoy HX-50 leaves for England -- Prelude to disaster -- Collision with the Kashmir -- The Mounsey to the rescue -- The sinking of the Otranto -- The families back home -- The aftermath -- The rest of the story.

Summary:

At 8:43 a.m. on the morning of Sunday, October 6, 1918, HMS Kashmir rammed HMS Otranto off Islay, Scotland. Many Were Held by the Sea: The Tragic Sinking of HMS Otranto, tells the story of what happened during that voyage--mostly from the perspective of the American soldiers--and builds to the disastrous conclusion. --from publisher description

ISBN:

1442213442 (electronic)
9781442213449 (electronic)
1442213426 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442213425 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)773671810

LCCN:

2012003033

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)