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Call uabhasach faisg air c貌ig cheud duine air HMS Otranto air Maol na h-Obha an 脤le.
The loss of 470 lives on the armed merchant vessel HMS Otranto off the cost of Islay.

Airson an dara turas ann an 1918, air an 6mh den D脿mhair thachair tubaist mara uabhasach eile air cladaichean eilean 脤le. Aig toiseach a鈥� Ghearain bha an Tuscania air a dhol air na creagan aig Maol na h-Obha far an deach c貌rr is 200 saighdear Ameireaganach a chall, ach bhiodh an dara tubaist nas miosa buileach.

Bha g猫iltean fiadhaich ann air an deireadh sheachdain,, a leithid nach fhacas riamh roimhe ann an 脤le le gaoth a鈥� s猫ideadh bhon iar. Madainn na S脿baid chunnacas soitheach m貌r as aonais cumhachd a鈥� de脿namh air a鈥� chladach eadar Machraidh agus Cille Chiarain.

Bha an SS Otranto air a slighe ann an conbhoidh bho New York a Ghlaschu agus Liverpool le saighdearan Ameireaganch air b貌rd an uair a bhuail i anns an SS Kashmir a-mach bho chladach 脤le. Innsidh Gilleasbuig MacDh貌mhnaill dhuinn mar a thachair.

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