HMS Iolaire 1919
Marker: recorded wreck position (Interwar).
Key facts
| Name | HMS Iolaire | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1919 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Interwar | derived from year |
| Ship type | armed yacht, steam yacht | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | Storm or weather | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Nationality / flag | United Kingdom | Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country |
| Operator | Royal Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Nearest coast | Scotland | Natural Earth (public domain) |
| Position | 58.1882, -6.3570 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
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. More than 200 people died in the disaster, including many of the young men of the isles of Lewis and Harris. UK law now protects her wreck as a war grave.
Location
- Recorded position: 58.1882, -6.3570 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Nearest coast: Scotland
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMY Iolaire (revision 1381339374), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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