We have added some new pictures to our page for the SS Politician, one of Scotland’s better known shipwrecks. Lost off Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides in 1941, the wrecking was given near mythical status through Compton Mackenzie’s book “Whisky Galore” and subsequent Ealing comedy film of the same name.
The pictures come from a photo archive of the salvage firm W H Arnott Young who were on site in 1941 to help remove her valuable cargo of whisky. The pictures give a hint to the condition of the wreck and the task at hand……if you can call it a task!
Thanks go to W Sloan Smith for allowing us permission to reproduce these pictures. For the full story follow the link highlighted SS Politician.
THE INFORMATION OF FINDING HMS ARGYLE 1914 PROPELLORS IS WRONG IT WAS NOT A DIVE TEAM FROM RNAS CONDOR IT WAS THE ARBROATH FISHING BOAT AH 94 BRUCES CREWED BYSKIPPER BRIAN BRUCE ANDCREW SAM RUSSELL AND BOB SPINK WITH LT COMMANDER DAYSH 1 PROP FOUND 1 SUNDAY 2ND NEXT SUNDAY THEN RECOVERY VESSEL CAME FROM PETERHEAD AND RECOVEREDPROPS LANDING THEM IN ARBROATH
Thanks for this excellent local knowledge. We will update the site to reflect this. Thanks again. Ian Crawford