The small steel steamship Logan was launched from the Kelvin Dock yard of Munro and Co Ltd., Glasgow in March 1921. She measured 66.4′ x 18.4′ x 9.0’and her tonnage was 98 gross tons, 28 net tons. Built for Mr John Dickinson of St Vincent Street, Glasgow she began operations on the west Scotland coastal routes ferrying small cargoes to the towns and villages of the Firth of Clyde and the Inner Hebrides later that year. A number of owners followed before she was acquired by her final owner, Alexander McNeil of Greenock around 1960.
In December 1961 Logan was en route from Troon to Skye with a cargo of 105 tons of coal. On the 15th she had reached the Sound of Mull when she developed a leak and began to settle in the water. She was taken in tow and managed to reach Lochaline where she was tied up at the old pier. The Fort William Fire Brigade had arrived at the scene and, with the assistance some locals including two men from the nearby sand quarry, fitted up two powerful pumps to remove the water that had seeped into the hold. The weather was terrible with winds up to Force 6 and driving snow but the men persisted for hours but unfortunately the pumps eventually stopped and Logan continued to settle deeper in the water. Finally, with the water level almost to the top of the engine room steps, it was obvious that Logan was doomed and the decision was taken to cut her bow mooring rope allowing her to drift away from the pier to avoid her sinking there and blocking the pier. Almost immediately, as the vessel swung round in the strong southerly wind, the stern rope snapped and she drifted ashore 50 yards west of the pier. The men ashore, believing Logan to be saved and hoping to repair her and refloat her later, went home to dry off and warm up. However, when they returned Logan had disappeared with only the roof of the wheel house lying on the rocks where she had been. Clearly she had slipped of the rocks and drifted out to deeper water where she gradually settled and sank.
The wreck of the Logan lies in position 56° 31.845′ N, 005° 47.250′ W just north of the pier. She lies in 107 metres rising 4 metres from the seabed. Sitting upright oriented 000/180 degrees she was dived by an intrepid dive team in 2002 who reported her substantially in tact sitting upright on a shingle seabed.