Copied photograph of HMS `Sturdy` at sea.
H.M.S. `Sturdy` at sea. She ran aground at Sandaig in on 30th October 1940 with the loss of five lives.
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Copied photograph of Jack Encell in 1940.
Seaman Jack Encell in June 1940 on leaving H.M.S. Royal Arthur en route for Coding School at H.M.S. Wellesley in Liverpool. Jack was on board H.M.S. Sturdy when she aground at Sandaig on 30th October 1940 with the loss of five lives.
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Black and white photograph of HMS `Sturdy`
H.M.S. Sturdy, a warship on convoy protection duty during World War II. In a strong south-westerly gale on 30th October 1940 she ran aground on Sgeir nan Latharnaich at Sandaig with the loss of five lives. (Original photo in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 4)
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Colour photograph of Hector and Flora MacPhail of Skipinnish on board the `Ros Nuala`.
Hector and Flora MacPhail of Skipinnish with their children on board the `Ros Nuala`, a fishing boat bought in Donegal.
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Black and white photograph of two men fishing in a skiff.
Two unknown men out fishing in a skiff.
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Colour photograph of Hector MacPhail`s fishing boat `Harbour Maid` in Milton harbour in 1972.
Hector MacPhail’s fishing boat, the `Harbour Maid`, in Milton harbour in 1972. She was built by MacKays of Stromness in Orkney.
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Black & white photograph of the ferryboat approaching the steamer off Scarinish in the late 19th or early 20th centuries.
Courtesy of Mrs Mary Cameron
Before Gott Bay pier was completed in 1913, passengers, livestock and cargo had to be ferried by rowboat between Scarinish harbour and the steamer anchored offshore in deeper water, a somewhat hazardous journey in bad weather.
This photograph of the tender approaching the steamer was taken on a calm day in the late 19th or early 20th centuries. The service was operated for many years by Archibald MacKinnon (Èardsaidh ’ic Eòghainn) without serious accident.
The substantial building in the centre background is the store at Scarinish; the one on the left is the school. Between the two lay the Reading Room, now An Iodhlann, where passengers awaited the arrival of the steamer.
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Black and white photograph of Carol Ann, Effie and James MacLeish collecting whelks at Sandaig in the 1950s.
Effie and James MacLeish with their granddaughter Carol Ann (their son Charlie`s daughter) collecting whelks at Sandaig in the 1950s.
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Colour photograph of Hector MacPhail`s skiff `Rising Sun` at Milton harbour.
Hector MacPhail’s skiff `Rising Sun` in Milton harbour. Built by Stewarts of North Uist, Hector bought her in 1968 and sold her in 1972.
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Black and white photograph of Effie and James MacLeish collecting whelks at Sandaig in the 1950s.
Effie and James MacLeish and Effie`s sister Margaret Russell are collecting whelks at Sandaig in the 1950s. Effie and Margaret were brought up in the southernmost cottage in Sandaig Terrace.
