Many Were Held By the Sea - The Tragic Sinking of Hms Otranto

Informationen zum Autor By R. Neil Scott - Foreword by Rt. Hon. Lord George Islay MacNeill Robertson Klappentext 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 various British ports. The narrative details the courage of the young men on board and the anguish of their relatives on the home front, ultimately building up to the disastrous conclusion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Rt. Hon. Lord George Islay MacNeill Robertson of Port Ellen, [Isle of Islay, Scotland], KT, CMG, HonFRSE, PCChapter 1: Pride of the P&O Line Chapter 2: America Joins the WarChapter 3: Convoy HX-50 Leaves for EnglandChapter 4: Prelude to DisasterChapter 5: Collision with the Kashmir Chapter 6: The Mounsey to the RescueChapter 7: The Sinking of the OtrantoChapter 8: The Families Back HomeChapter 9: The AftermathChapter 10: The Rest of the StoryAppendix 1: HMS Otranto American CasualtiesAppendix 2: HMS Otranto American SurvivorsAppendix 3: Soldiers Reported AWOL (Absent without Leave) from HMS Otranto in New York HarborAppendix 4: HMS Otranto British Casualties

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• Authors: Neil R./ Robertson Scott, R Neil Scott, R. Neil Scott, Scott R. Neil
• Assisted by: Rt. Hon. Lord George Islay MacNeill Robertson (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.06.2012
• EAN: 9781442213425
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-1342-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, First World War, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Military / United States, maritime history, Naval forces & warfare, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Naval forces and warfare, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I