HMS Iolaire

HMY Iolaire was an iron-hulled steam yacht that was launched in Scotland in 1881 as Iolanthe. She was renamed Mione in 1898; Iolanthe in 1900; and Amalthæa in 1907. Between 1881 and 1915 a succession of industrialists and aristocrats had owned the yacht. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1915 as HMY Amalthaea, and renamed HMY Iolaire in 1918. She was wrecked in a storm at the mouth of Stornoway harbour on New Year's Day 1919. The disaster killed more than 200 people, including many of the young men of the isles of Lewis and Harris. UK law now protects her wreck as a war grave.

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Amalthæa; Iolaire; Iolanthe; Mione
steam yacht, armed yacht, shipwreck, Royal Navy, Ferguson Marine,

Canmore page^@

Location: 58.1882, -6.357, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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1881-04-30T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

Admiralty-yacht-HMS-Iolaire-ship-Amalthaea-1908

Het Engelse stoomjacht met 350 opvarenden lijdt schipbreuk bij 'Beast of Holm', riffen voor de, SFA022806671

Type	Subtype	Description	Notes	Source

link	page	Canmore page^@		Wikidata
site	shipwreck	HMS Iolaire	armed yacht, steam yacht, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	HMS Lively	paddle steamer, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	HMS ML 219	motor launch, Fairmile B-class motor launch, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	LCT 398	Landing Craft Tank (Rocket), landing craft tank, shipwreck	Wikidata
commons	image	Admiralty-yacht-HMS-Iolaire-ship-Amalthaea-1908		Commons
commons	image	Admiralty-yacht-HMS-Iolaire-ship-Amalthaea-1908		Commons
commons	image	Het Engelse stoomjacht met 350 opvarenden lijdt schipbreuk bij 'Beast of Holm', riffen voor de, SFA022806671		Commons
commons	image	Het Engelse stoomjacht met 350 opvarenden lijdt schipbreuk bij 'Beast of Holm', riffen voor de, SFA022806671		Commons

HMS Iolaire

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