When I Heard the Bell: The Loss of the Iolaire

by John MacLeod

Book Overview

On 31 December 1918, hours from the first New Year of peace, hundreds of Royal Naval Reservists from the Isle of Lewis poured off successive trains onto the quayside at Kyle of Lochalsh. A chaotic Admiralty had made no adequate arrangements for their safe journey home. Corners were cut, an elderly and recently requisitioned steam-yacht was sent from Stornoway, and that evening HMY Iolaire sailed from Kyle of Lochalsh, grossly overloaded and with life-belts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184158858X
• ISBN13: 9781841588582
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Birlinn
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 7.7"