Otranto: Machir Bay, Islay, Atlantic

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Otranto: Machir Bay, Islay, Atlantic as Steamship (20th Century)-(1918), Trawler (20th Century)-(1918). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

The *Otranto* was a steamship and trawler, built in 1918 and wrecked in the same year near Machir Bay, Islay, in the Atlantic. It was lost with all hands, marking a significant local maritime tragedy and contributing to the history of Scottish fishing and transport vessels in the early 20th century.