Information about the relationships between famous people associated with the yacht Oceana that was wrecked at Crossapol in 1949.
Transcriptions of letters and other material relating to the relationship between the owner of the yacht Oceana, Sir Percy Shelley, and the authors Mary Shelley and Robert Louis Stevenson. The Oceana was wrecked at Crossapol beach in 1949.
Information about HMS Sturdy
Printed letter, information and images from Dawn Springett, Australia, regarding the WWII destroyer HMS Sturdy that was wrecked on rocks at Sandaig in 1940 with the loss of 5 lives. Includes information on crewmember Percy Cornford.
Audio recording of Janette Cameron reading a Gaelic translation of Alice Atkins` recollections of the shipwreck of the SS Laristan in 1942.
Janette Cameron reading a Gaelic translation of Alice Atkins` recollections of the shipwreck of the SS Laristan at Hough in 1942. Janette (daughter of Murdoch & Eilidh Cameron) later performed the reading at the 2000 Mod. Poor quality recording, not digitised.
Brass binnacle compass salvaged from the front of a boat that washed up at Sloc a` Cheum, Kennavara, in 1935.
Aldis signalling lamp from WWII
`Aldis` signalling lamp in metal and canvas carrying box. Owned by Ian Atkin`s (Balephuil) father during WWII when he was stationed at RAF Tiree. Used to signal the SS Laristan which foundered on rocks behind Ben Hough during WWII. Includes bulb, morse-code switch, colour filters and aperture adjusters.
Information about HMS Sturdy
Printed email from Henry Howland listing website links related to the destroyer `HMS Sturdy`, plus print out of some material including a history of the ship and online chat about a photo of the ship. The Sturdy ran onto rocks at Sandaig during a storm in WWII with the loss of the ship and five crew.
Booklet `The Wind that Shook the Barley` 1999
Booklet about Tiree`s role during WWII, the RAF personnel stationed here, new infrastructure, the effect on the lives of local people, the Home Guard, men off to fight, air accidents and shipwrecks. Researched by Dr John Holliday for a summer exhibition at An Iodhlann.
Photograph of the ship`s badge of HMS Sturdy, pre-wreck
Colour photograph (scanned from an internet page) of the ship`s badge of HMS Sturdy as it would have looked before it was wrecked on rocks off Sandaig in 1940. Brass rope edge, brass lettering “STURDY” on black, green and brown oak tree on white background, and brass crown on top.
Photograph of possible keel wreckage of HMS Sturdy taken in 1966.
Black & white photograph taken in 1966 of possible keel wreckage of HMS Sturdy amongst the rocks at Sandaig where the ship foundered with the loss of five lives in October 1940.
Photograph of possible keel wreckage of HMS Sturdy taken in 1966.
Black & white photograph taken in 1966 of possible keel wreckage of HMS Sturdy amongst the rocks at Sandaig where the ship foundered with the loss of five lives in October 1940.
