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Photograph of John Campbell, owner of Oceana, around 1942
Sepia photograph of John D Campbell in the uniform of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders around 1942. Campbell became the owner of the yacht Oceana that grounded and broke up on Crossapol beach in 1949. His batman in the army was a Tiree man, thought to be Alan MacCallum.
Photograph of John Campbell, owner of the Oceana, ca 2010
Black & white photograph of John D Campbell around 2010. He owned the yacht Oceana when it grounded and broke up on Crossapol beach in 1949.
Photograph of the remains of the yacht Oceana at Crossapol Beach in 2012
Colour photograph of the remains of the hull of the yacht Oceana at the east end of Crossapol Beach with Ben Hynish in the distance. The yacht ran aground in 1949 and broke up.
Phtograph of the remains of the yacht Oceana at Crossapol Beach in 2012
Colour close-up photograph of the remains of the hull of the yacht Oceana at the east end of Crossapol Beach. The yacht ran aground in 1949 amid mysterious circumstances, and broke up.
Information about the relationships between famous people associated with the yacht Oceana that was wrecked at Crossapol in 1949.
Transcriptions of letters and other material relating to the relationship between the owner of the yacht Oceana, Sir Percy Shelley, and the authors Mary Shelley and Robert Louis Stevenson. The Oceana was wrecked at Crossapol beach in 1949.
Transcript of telephone message about the `Oceana`
Handwritten notes and typed transcript from a telephone conversation with John Campbell, owner of the schooner `Oceana` that ran aground on Crossapol beach in 1949.
Documents, correspondence and photographs pertaining to the the sailing schooner “Oceana” that was stranded on Tiree in 1949
Information about the sailing schooner, or two-masted leisure yacht, “Oceana” that became stranded and broke up between Crossapol farm and Crossapol beach on 9th March 1949. Includes correspondence between Anthony Vaughan and (1) An Iodhlann, (2) the Receiver of Wrecks, and (3) Isle of Wight Local Studies Collection, about the location of the stranding on Tiree, records of its loss, its manufacture and changes of ownership 1879-1948, and historical photographs. Photographs include three of the Oceana under sail, one during refitting, two at anchor off Portsmouth and Isle of Wight, eight of Anthony Vaughan`s great uncle+wife on the deck of the schooner in the 1930s. How the yacht became grounded in reasonable weather is a mystery. Rumours were that they made for the airport control tower instead of the Scarinish lighthouse, and that they were smugglers or on their way to Russia to pick up a dissident.
Photograph of the schooner `Oceana`
Black & white photograph of the schooner `Oceana` that ran aground and broke up at Crossapol in 1949. The dark colour of the ship in the photograph is how it would have looked when it ran aground.
Photo of schooner `Oceana` in full sail
Black & white photograph of the two-masted schooner `Oceana` in full sail ca. 1915 before the yacht`s refit in 1923. The Oceana ran aground and broke up at Crossapol in 1949.
Photo of the schooner `Oceana` during a refit in 1923.
Black & white photograph of the two-masted schooner `Oceana` undergoing conversion to a sailing auxilliary twin screw yacht at J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd`s shipyard in East Cowes, 1923. Good view of the figure-head. The yacht was grounded and broke up at Crossapol in 1949.
