- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Otranto
- Date of Original:
- 1918
- Subject:
- Atlantic Ocean
Ships
Passenger ships
Great Britain. Royal Navy
United States. Army
Shipwrecks--Atlantic Ocean
World War, 1914-1918 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The tragic 1918 sinking of the British Otranto upset many Georgia communities. Nearly every county in the state lost at least one man when the ship went down off the coast of Scotland.
Photograph of the British ship Otranto, a medium-sized, prewar passenger liner that had was used military service by the British Royal Navy, sailing in open waters. It carried 690 United States infantrymen, mostly Georgians from Fort Screven. The tragic 1918 sinking of the British Otranto upset many Georgia communities. Nearly every county in the state lost at least one man when the ship went down off the coast of Scotland. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/world-war-i-in-georgia/m-7828/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Todd Womack
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/world-war-i-georgia
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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