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.
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.
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.
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.
Photograph of the ferry `Claymore` with its tender alongside in 1973
Colour photograph of the ferry `Claymore` with its tender alongside. In 1973, the ferry `Loch Seaforth` sank next to Gott pier after hitting rocks in Gunna Sound. Until it was refloated, the `Claymore` could not berth alongside the pier and so passengers were transferred from/to the ferry by motor launch. Cargo and livestock was taken on the smaller cargo ship `Glencloy` which could berth between the sunken ferry and the pier.
Photograph of the sunken `Loch Seaforth` with the `Claymore` and `Glencloy` in the background
Colour photograph of the ferry `Claymore` and cargo vessel `Glencloy` off Gott Bay pier with the sunken ferry `Loch Seaforth` in the foreground in 1973. Until the `Loch Seaforth` was refloated, passengers were transferred from/to the Claymore by motor launch. Cargo and livestock were transported on the smaller cargo ship `Glen Cloy` which could berth between the sunken ferry and the pier.
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.
Serving dish from the mess of SS Malve
Pale blue china serving dish with handles and lid from the Officers` Mess of SS Malve, the Finnish steamship which ran aground in Balephetish Bay in 1931. Bought at a sale of salvaged items. A small dark blue flag with D and V, standing for Delmas Vieljeux – a previous owner (see 2012.99.2), is stamped on dish and lid. Made in France.
Information about SS Malve from www.wrecksite.eu
Printed internet information about the Finnish steamship SS Malve which ran aground in Balephetrish Bay in 1931.
Click here to view 2012.99.2
Photograph of nurses who helped at the HMS Sturdy wrecking in 1940
Black & white photograph of a group of six nurses at Shieldhall Fever Hospital, Glasgow, in 1937-1940. Two of them, Elizabeth `Bessie` Barr, Lanarkshire (back row, right) and `Big` Katie MacArthur,Tiree (back row, centre) were on holiday on Tiree when HMS Sturdy ran onto rocks at Sandaig during a storm in October 1940, with the loss of five lives. The two nurses attended the survivors and were given salvaged souvenirs from the ship as thank-you gifts (see spoon and badge 2012.94.2 & 3). Bessie Barr was the donor`s mother.
