Minesweepers off Tiree during World War I
Photograph of minesweepers off the coast of Tiree during World War I.
Courtesy of Mrs Jean Lindsay
World War I had a devastating impact on Tiree. The Roll of Honour lists two hundred and ninety men who served in the conflict and the Scarinish War Memorial records the names of sixty-six who died.
Apart from the occasional fighting ship seen on the skyline, and the attack by a U-boat on the ‘Plover’ north of Coll, the Great War was predominantly a distant conflict, fought in the trenches of Europe and the oceans of the world.
The war was foretold by Tiree’s most famous seer, John MacLean (Iain MacEachainn Bhàin), who said, ‘There is a great war coming soon… On sea and land the losses will be heavy and in a land which is unknown to me, the ground will be soaked in blood. Millions will go to their eternal rest in the soil of this land and beautiful red flowers will grow over them.’
Black and white photograph of minesweepers off the coast of Tiree during WW1.
Five minesweepers off the coast of Tiree during WW1.
Black and white photograph of the Mary Stewart in Gott bay, 1912.
The `Mary Stewart` in Gott Bay, 1912.
Black and white photograph of the Mary Stewart in Gott Bay, 1912.
The `Mary Stewart` in Gott Bay with two horse-drawn carts on the shore, taken in 1912.
Black and white postcard of Scarinish harbour.
Scarinish harbour in 1912. (The boat may be `The Primrose`.)
Black and white photograph of the `Mary Stewart` in Gott Bay.
The `Mary Stewart` in Gott Bay with the pier to the right.
Black and white photograph of J. Brown with the dinghy `Spindrift` at Scarinish harbour.
J. Brown with the dinghy `Spindrift` at Scarinish harbour.
Photocopied shipboard diary of Archibald Thomson Campbell, 1850-1.
Diary written by Archibald Thomson Campbell from Cornaig on board the barque `Sydney` from Greenock to Port Phillip during 28/9/1850 to 17/1/1851.
Photocopied shipping record for the `Clutha` sailing from Greenock to Melbourne in 1860.
Shipping record for the `Clutha` sailing from Greenock to Melbourne in 1860 showing the only cabin passengers as Archibald Thomson Campbell and his pregnant wife and 10 other children (presumably children of passengers without cabins).
Photocopied passenger list for the `Clutha` sailing from Greenock to Melbourne in 1860.
List of passengers (excluding crew and cabin passengers) sailing on the `Clutha` from Greenock to Melbourne in 1860, giving names, marital status, age, occupation and nationality.
Black and white photograph of the `Mary Stewart` beached in Scarinish harbour in 1938.
The `Mary Stewart` beached in Scarinsh harbour with lobster pots in the foreground, the Scarinish Hotel at the extreme left and communication masts in the background to the right.
