Photograph of John MacArthur, Caoles, in 1920. From his Merchant Navy Identity and Service Certificate.
2018.108.9
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2018.108.8
Identity and Service Certificate issued in 1920 by the British Mercantile Marine to John MacArthur, Caoles, bosun in the Merchant Navy. From a collection of items found in Milton Cottage.
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2018.108.6
Binder of 16 Certificates of Discharge belonging to J. MacArthur, Bosun in the Merchant Navy, 1890-1900. The certificates name the many ships and routes he sailed. From a collection of items found at Milton Cottage, Caoles.
2018.84.7
Two copies of ‘The Dolphin and Gazette – the journal of the Imperial Merchant Service Guild’, July and October 1921. The July copy has “Mary Ann Lamont” handwritten on the cover. From the belongings of the Lamont/MacKenzie family of Harbour, Coales.
1999.203.1
Black fabric-covered hardback booklet ‘Dead Reckoning, Altitude and Azimuth Table’, 3rd edition, by A.A. Ageton. Maritime navigational formulae produced by the United States Navy Department Hydrographic Office, 1943. Handwritten in fountain pen on the inside cover is “This Book is the Property of the Republic of Liberia”.
2017.44.1
Colour photograph of the captain and crew of the Queen Mary cruise ship with a wreath commemorating the wrecking of the destroyer HMS Sturdy on rocks at Sandaig during WWII.
Organised by Commander Michael Gibson of Plymouth, the wreath was thrown overboard in the summer of 2015 as the Queen Mary cruised past the Hebrides. HMS Sturdy foundered during a storm in October 1940. Five lives were lost, but were it not for the actions of Tiree folk, in particular Captain Donald Sinclair, the toll would have been much higher. The dedication on the wreath reads: “Dedicated to the bravery of Captain Donald Sinclair and those who helped in the rescue effort of HMS Sturdy and in remembrance of all those lost on Empire Eland in 1941”. Captain Sinclair was on the Empire Eland when it was torpedoed by a U-boat in the Atlantic.
2017.38.1
Black & white photograph of a woman sitting outside her house at Milton, with a tame monkey on her lap in around 1930. Merchant seamen would sometimes bring home pet monkeys from their voyages.
2017.8.1
Softback book ‘No Shame in Fear’ by Alex C. MacLean, 2016. Alex C. Maclean was born on the Isle of Tiree in 1923, and lived there until the age of fourteen, when he went to sea. This is a first-hand account of the WW2 Atlantic convoys and the devastation of war. Stalked by German U-boats, cast adrift in a lifeboat, it also tells of the difficulties of the post-war period, in building a decent family life and coming to terms with his own history back on Tiree. Foreword by Donald S. Murray.
2016.49.1
Bound list of Tiree Merchant Seaman Records compiled by John MacLean, Clydebank, in May 2012. Includes (a) a printed extract from the Register of Seamen’s Tickets 1845-1854 (BT113) held at the National Archives in Kew, listing ticket numbers, seaman’s first and last names, place and date born, first date at sea and designation (post held), age, and ticket details, (b) a list of Tiree Mariners 1848-1920 including ship’s name, mariner’s first and last names, age, birth place, current address, designation, voyage, and previous ship. See also 2010.53.14
2016.10.1
DVD of BBC Alba TV programme Cairdeas Cogaidh featuring Lachie MacKinnon, Parkhouse, Balephetrish, being interviewed by Donald Meek, Caoles, in Lachie’s house on 13th February 2014. In Gaelic without subtitles.