It was used by the King up until WW1 when it was altered for merchant service and made a number of trips to Australia for PO.

H.m. yacht iolaire. Helens Isle of Wight. Served as IOLAIRE in WW2. Somerset BATH TWERTON CEMETERY 1 _____ 2572 Private WILLIAM HAROLD FRY 4th Bn.

This page is dedicated to the victims of the Iolaire Disaster which occurred in the early hours of 1 January 1919. Frank Humphry was a ships steward who served with the Mercantile Marine Reserve and was drowned in the sinking of HMY. The story of shipwreck of the Iolaire is the saddest most poignant that I have ever.

Yacht Iolaire Date of Death Died 01 January 1919. Yacht Iolaire ran onto the rocks known as the Beasts of Holm and sank in sight of the coast of Lewis packed with those ex-servicemen who had survived the First World. The Iolaire ship disaster is one of the most tragic events in the history of the Western Isles.

Buried or commemorated at PENZANCE CEMETERY. Portraits used by kind permission of Guido Blokland. It can be assumed that the vast majority of illness deaths in these periods were due to the Spanish flu.

əl ɛər Iolaire Scottish Gaelic. On January 1st 1919 in the early hours of the morning HMYacht Iolaire struck rocks the Beasts of Holm near the entrance to Stornoway harbour and sank with the loss of 205 men. HMY YACHTS A RECOGNIZED LEADER IN.

Abeille miscellaneous small craft. It was still referred to as HM Yacht. Download certificate From the CWGC Archives.