{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f1ceb12292a624550dcbe71/6abed8150e2e02bcec347fe9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"142 - TWISH - The Otranto, Islay and the American Monument","description":"<p>TSHP15 FOR 15% OFF YOUR RABBIE&#39;S TOUR AT RABBIES.COM</p><p><br></p><p>This week in Scottish History, saw the disaster of the sinking of HMS Otranto.</p><p>This would be the second American Troop ship that would sink off the coast of the Island of Islay in 1918.</p><p>Hundreds of dead American soldiers, and one small island, off the West coast of Scotland.</p><p>This episode tells the stories of both ships, the American lives lost and the monument by which we remember them.</p><p><br></p><p>Enjoy!</p>","author_name":"Owen Innes"}