On 5 February, en route from New Jersey to Liverpool, the troop carrier SS Tuscania was torpedoed by a German submarine off the coast of Islay and sank. Over 200 men lost their lives. Eight months ...

WASHINGTON -- The Cunard liner Tuscania, carrying 2,179 American soldiers was torpedoed and sunk off the Irish Coast, but official reports late this afternoon said 1,977 of the officers and ...

seeking religious freedom. Advertisement In 1918, a German U-boat torpedoed the SS Tuscania, sinking the liner as it transported thousands of U.S. troops to Europe. More than 200 died, the rest ...