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Ceremony to remember WW1 troopship sinking
A ceremony has taken place on the island of Islay to mark the centenary of the sinking of the troopship HMS Otranto. About 500 lives were lost when the ship went down in a storm. It was carrying US soldiers across the Atlantic to World War One. The service was attended by descendants of victims and survivors.
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Around 700 men lost their lives in 1918 off the coast of Islay in two separate disasters.