The Tuscania Monument On Islay Island-- Part 2: The Sinking of the HMS Otranto

Eight months later, on October 8, 1918, was carrying troops from New York to Glasgow when it collided with the steamship HMS Kashmir in a heavy storm.

Over 400 of the American troops and British crew were lost.  Many of them were buried at the military cemetery at Kilchoman.  This cemetery has the Kilchoman Cross dating to the 1300s.

--DaCoot

The Tuscania Monument on Islay Island; American Monument on Oa

From the Welcome to Islay site.

The American Monument sits atop a 429-foot high cliff on the Oa Peninsula and was erected in 1920 by the American Red Cross.  It was designed by architect Robert Walked and commemorates the loss of two troopships, the Tuscania and Otranto in 1918.

It overlooks the exact spot where the Tuscania was sunk and is built in the shape of a lighthouse.  You can see it from most parts of the island of Islay.

--Cooter