The Loss of the HMS <i>Otranto</i> October 1918

The troopship HMS Otranto, carrying U.S. soldiers many of whom trained at Tybee's Fort Screven, sank off Scotland on October 6, 1918, after a storm collision; hundreds of troops drowned, including dozens of Georgians.

The Loss of the HMS <i>Otranto</i> October 1918 is a historical marker in Tybee Island, Chatham County. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0216, -80.8443 near Tybee Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is H.M.S. Otranto and Fort Screven (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fort Screven, Tybee Island, and Tybee Island’s Lazaretto or Quarantine Station.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.