HMS Otranto
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HMS Otranto was an armed merchant cruiser requisitioned by the British Admiralty when World War I began in 1914. Built before the war for the UK–Australia run as SS Otranto, she was primarily used in
Otranto in Orient Line service, 1909
HMS Otranto in WWI
Painting of the passenger ship Otranto
SS Tuscania (1914)
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SS Tuscania was a luxury liner of the Anchor Line, a subsidiary of the Cunard Line and named after Tuscania, Italy. In 1918 the ship was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat UB-77 while transportin
HMS Otranto
…had so little, they gave so much to help' and also responded to enquiries from the American families of those lost from the Otranto (and in the 1918 SS Tuscania sinking). Craven was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Navy Cross for gallantry displayed in Mounsey's rescue operation. The best estimate…
Tuscania
Graveyard from the Tuscania disaster