Photograph of Neil MacKinnon, Barrapol, in Navy uniform ca 1920
Sepia portrait photograph of Neil MacKinnon, Morven House (Drover`s Cottage), Barrapol, in full Merchant Navy uniform.
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2013.120.1
Wood and crocodile skin sea chest from Australia
Sea chest made of wood and crocodile skin owned by Dugald MacKinnon, Heanish (Dughall an Oir, b.1840), who brought it back from Australia.
2013.107.1
Book `Clyde Cruising Club Sailing Directions` 1960
Hard-back manual of rules, regulations, advice and anchorages for sailing in the west coast of Scotland. Belonged to Mrs Petrie, a former owner of the Scarinish Hotel, and signed `R.N. Petrie` on the inside front. Several pages of advertisements at the back of the book.
2013.82.5
Roll of graduates of Glasgow University including Donald MacFarlane, Tiree, in 1891
List of students graduating from the University of Glasgow between Dec. 31 1797 and Dec 31st 1897. Includes Donald Neil MacFarlane M.B., C.M. of Tiree (1868-1895), Ship Surgeon.
2012.75.1
Printed memorial document to Charles Lamont MacDonald, Sackhill, Ruaig (1896-1941)
Page printed from the internet dedicated to Chief Officer Charles Lamont MacDonald (1896-1941) showing a photo of the Tower Hill War Memorial where he is remembered. He died aged 45 whislt serving in the Merchant Navy on the SS Derrynane during WWII. Included is a printed copy of a photo of the SS Derryane (R145) and an email from his great nephew Charles `Hillcrest` MacDonald MacKinnon.
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2012.74.1
Newspaper articles about the rescue of a fisherman by his girlfriend in Gunna Sound in 1991
11 newspaper cuttings about the rescue of Kenneth MacClounnan, Balephuil, by his girlfriend Christine MacFarlane, when their fishing boat `Travee`, skippered by Kevan Brown, Balephuil, sank in Gunna Sound in 1991. Bound within a `Silk Cut Nautical Awards` folder. Christine was presented with the award for her bravery at the Dorchester Hotel in London in 1991 (see photo R125 and object 2012.74.2).
2012.72.1
Newspaper extract about Donald `the Pilot` MacLean (b. 1727)
Printed email with transcription of an old newspaper article about the author`s (C. Hope Johnston, Belfast) ancestral links with Donald MacLean `The Pilot` of Ruaig (b.1727), who in 1746, piloted the boat that rescued Bonnie Prince Charlie.
2011.112.1
Information about the SS Gaul that was wrecked off Balevullin in 1926.
Printed email of information about the Grimsby steam trawler SS Gaul that was wrecked off Balevullin beach in 1926. Of the nine crew, seven perished in the sea and two made it to the shore in bad condition. The locals cared for the two survivors, Edward Thomson and George Pratt, until fully recovered. The body of the ship`s cook, Amos Beard, was washed ashore later and was buried on Tiree.
2011.107.3
Photograph of the owner of the yacht `Charm` whose wreckage washed up on Hynish Bay in 1945
Black & white photograph of RAF Group Captain George Ninian Warrington, the new owner of the yacht `Charm`, whose wreckage washed up in Hynish Bay in September 1945, with the loss of four lives. Group Captain G.N. Warrington, his Australian wife and their two friends, FO McGregor and FO Ellis, were sailing from Sligo to Belfast when they ran into a gale and probably a free-floating mine left over from WWII. A full-scale search & rescue was carried out by the RAF and others, but to no avail. Mr & Mrs Warrington had fortunately left their three-year-old son, Alastair, with friends.
2011.107.4
Photograph of Mrs Warrington, the wife of the owner of the yacht `Charm` whose wreckage washed up on Hynish Bay in 1945
Black & white photograph of Mrs Quenelda Warrington (nee Clegg), the Australian wife of the new owner of the yacht `Charm`, whose wreckage washed up in Hynish Bay in September 1945, with the loss of four lives. Group Captain G.N. Warrington, his wife and their two friends, FO McGregor and FO Ellis, were sailing from Sligo to Belfast when they ran into a gale and probably a free-floating mine left over from WWII. A full-scale search & rescue was carried out by the RAF and others, but to no avail. Mr & Mrs Warrington had fortunately left their three-year-old son, Alastair, with friends.
