Photograph of site of wreck of HMS Sturdy at Sandaig, taken in 2008
Colour photograph of the site of the wreck of HMS Sturdy that foundered on rocks at Sandaig in 1940 with the loss of five lives. Taken by the son of one of the victims.
Photograph of the graves of seamen from HMS Sturdy
Colour photographs of wreaths at the graves of the five seamen who died when the HMS Sturdy foundered on rocks off Sandaig in October 1940. Taken in 2008.
Photograph of Mr B Greenshields at the grave of F Greenshields at Soroby (2008)
Colour photograph of Mr B Greenshields at the grave of his father F Greenshields who was one of five seamen who died when HMS Sturdy foundered on rocks of Sandaig in Oct 1940.
Photogrpah of `the Sturdy Bell` (2008)
Colour photograph of `the Sturdy Bell` – a small ornate brass bell that either came from the ship or commemorates the wrecking of the HMS Sturdy which foundered on rocks off Sandaig in Oct 1940 with the loss of five lives.
Photograph of a brass plaque “HMS Sturdy, No.7, Springs”
Colour photograph (2008) of a brass plaque mounted on wood, that reads “HMS Sturdy, No.7, Springs”. HMS Sturdy foundered on rocks off Sandaig in Oct 1940 with the loss of five lives.
Photocard of the thatched house that was to become the Thatched Cottage Museum, Sandaig.
Colour photo postcard showing Taigh Mòr Bhig, The Terrace, Sandaig, when it was a dwelling house in 1976, and before it became a ruin and was bought by the Hebridean Trust in 1989 to be re-built and opened as The Thatched Cottage Museum in the 1990s. It later closed and was sold in 2010.
Photocard of the `Mary Stewart` in Scarinish Harbour ca. 1900
Black & white photo postcard showing the trading ship `Mary Stewart` anchored in Scarinish Harbour, with cattle standing in the sea in the foreground, ca. 1900.
Information about Lieutenant Commander Erick Naslund, Shipping – Tiree, 1941-42
An account of Lieutenant Commander Erick Naslund, who was the Royal Navy Shipping Officer on Tiree during 1941-42. He was responsible for dealing with shipwrecks in the area during WWII, and for preventing looting. He and his family lived in the school house in Scarinish. Written by his daughter. Also emails between An Iodhlann and Brian Harris. The wreck of HMS Sturdy at Sandaig in October 1940 with the loss of 5 lives, may have catalysed sending a Shipping Officer to Tiree.
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Alasdair Sinclair`s canvas briefcase
Cream-coloured canvas briefcase with brown leather covered handle, hand-made by Alasdair Sinclair of Brock, and used by him on his near-daily visits to An Iodhlann where he was a key member of the committee until his death in 2009.
Gaelic song `Oran Noan` with English translation
Photocopies of handwritten and typed Gaelic song `Oran Noan` by Noan on board S.S. Buteshire in 1939, with an original handwritten translation in English.
