A box of 20 Kodak 35mm slides, including views of the sunken Loch Seaforth, taken by Donald Brown and his brother Tommy
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2014.12.1
Life belt from the ferry `Loch Seaforth`
Red and white, circular life belt from the ferry ‘Loch Seaforth’, which sank alongside Gott pier in 1973 after hitting rocks in Gunna Sound.
2013.149.1
Photograph of the stricken `Loch Seaforth` at Gott Bay pier in 1973
Colour photograph of the ferry Loch Seaforth partially submerged at Gott Bay pier in 1973. It struck rocks in Gunna Sound and sank whilst berthed at the pier. Note the submerged car on the car-deck. (original photo stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
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Photograph of the life raft from the stricken `Loch Seaforth` in 1973
Colour photograph of a life raft of the ferry Loch Seaforth abandoned on the beach at Gott in 1973. The Loch Seaforth sank next to Gott Bay pier after striking rocks in Gunna Sound. L-R: Rita Meyer, Stephanie Clarke (Mullach nan Gall, Caoles), Elizabeth Gibb and Alexander Gibb. (original photo stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
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Photograph of the Loch Seaforth stranded on Gott Bay beach in 1973
Colour photograph of the ferry Loch Seaforth stranded on the beach at Gott Bay in 1973, having been refloated. It struck rocks in Gunna Sound and sank whilst berthed at Gott pier. (original photo stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
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Photograph of the stricken Loch Seaforth being dragged onto Gott Bay beach in 1973
Colour photograph of the ferry Loch Seaforth being lifted by crane-ship `Ulrich Harms`, whilst both being towed by a tug towards the beach at Gott Bay, where it was deliberately beached. The Loch Seaforth struck rocks in Gunna Sound in 1973 and sank whilst berthed at Gott pier. It obstructed other boats trying the use the pier and had to be towed out of the way until it could be properly removed. (original photo stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
2012.122.1
Photograph of the `Glen Cloy` with the sunken `Loch Seaforth` in the foreground
Colour photograph of the ferry `Loch Seaforth` where it sank beside Gott Bay pier in 1973, with the `Glencloy` cargo ship passing in the background.
2012.122.2
Photograph of the sunken Loch Seaforth and Glen Cloy at Gott Bay pier in 1973
Colour photograph of the cargo ship `Glencloy` berthed between Gott Bay pier and and the sunken `Loch Seaforth` in 1973.
2012.122.3
Photograph of the `Claymore`s tender transferring passengers past the sunken `Loch Seaforth`
Colour photograph of the tender craft from the ferry `Claymore` passing the sunken `Loch Seaforth` on its way from Gott pier to the ferry with a load of passengers. When the `Loch Seaforth` sank by the pier in 1973, the Claymore could not berth alongside and so passengers had to be transferred between the ferry and pier by the Claymore`s tender.
2012.122.4
Photograph of a bull being loaded onto the `Glen Cloy`
Colour photograph of a bull in a crate being hoisted by crane from Gott pier to the cargo vessel `Glencloy` in 1973. The ferry could not berth alongside the pier at that time because of obstruction caused by the `Loch Seaforth` which had sunk alongside the pier as a result of hitting rocks in Gunna Sound.
