Post by KG on Feb 7, 2018 17:14:39 GMT
Islay marks 100th anniversary of the sinking of SS Tuscania.
A service of remembrance was held at the CWGC’s Kilnaughton Military Cemetery on the Scottish island of Islay this week to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the British vessel the SS Tuscania.
The 14,000 ton ocean liner was carrying more than 2,000 American soldiers and crew to Europe when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Islay on 5 February 1918.
Many of the soldiers on board were rescued by naval escort vessels, however some 200 men were lost. Tuscania was the first ship carrying American troops to be sunk and represented the United States’ highest number of military casualties on a single day since the US Civil War.
Two commemorative events were held on Monday (5 February) in memory of those who died, and those who cared for the survivors. The first was on the Mull of Oa where, in 1920, the American Red Cross built a memorial on the headland overlooking the site where the Tuscania sank.
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A service of remembrance was held at the CWGC’s Kilnaughton Military Cemetery on the Scottish island of Islay this week to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the British vessel the SS Tuscania.
The 14,000 ton ocean liner was carrying more than 2,000 American soldiers and crew to Europe when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Islay on 5 February 1918.
Many of the soldiers on board were rescued by naval escort vessels, however some 200 men were lost. Tuscania was the first ship carrying American troops to be sunk and represented the United States’ highest number of military casualties on a single day since the US Civil War.
Two commemorative events were held on Monday (5 February) in memory of those who died, and those who cared for the survivors. The first was on the Mull of Oa where, in 1920, the American Red Cross built a memorial on the headland overlooking the site where the Tuscania sank.
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