Many were held by the sea : the tragic sinking of HMS Otranto /

Many Were Held by the Sea tells the story of the crash of HMS Otranto and HMS Kashmir off the coast of Scotland near the end of World War I. The two ships, former British passenger liners from the P & O Steamship Company, collided while ferrying hundreds of American soldiers from New York to var...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scott, R. Neil
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Littlefield, Rowman & amp ; ©2012.
Temas:
Otranto (Troopship)
Kashmir (Troopship)
1900-1999
World War, 1914-1918 > Naval operations, British.
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 > Scotland > Islay.
Navigation > Accidents > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Transports de troupes > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Transport > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Pertes > Grande-Bretagne.
Naufrages > Écosse > Islay.
HISTORY > Military > World War I.
Battle casualties
Marine accidents
Shipwrecks
Transportation
Transports
Great Britain
Scotland > Islay
History
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  • Untitled; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; EPIGRAPH; Ch01. PRIDE OF THE P & O LINE; Ch02. AMERICA JOINS THE WAR; Ch03. CONVOY HX-50 LEAVES FOR ENGLAND; Ch04. PRELUDE TO DISASTER; Ch05. COLLISION WITH THE KASHMIR; Ch06. THE MOUNSEY TO THE RESCUE; Ch07. THE SINKING OF THE OTRANTO; Ch08. THE FAMILIES BACK HOME; Ch09. THE AFTERMATH; Ch10. THE REST OF THE STORY; AUTHOR'S NOTE; APPENDIX 1. HMS Otranto American Casualties; APPENDIX 2. HMS Otranto American Survivors; APPENDIX 3. Soldiers Reported AWOL from HMS Otranto in New York Harbor; APPENDIX 4. HMS Otranto British Casualties; NOTES; INDEX.

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