Just before 2 am on New Year's morning, I found myself at Sheol an Iolaire, the memorial installation on South Beach to observe the moment 101 years earlier when HMY Iolaire struck rocks. She sank some time later, which claimed the lives of 201 sailors. The biggest loss of life in British waters in peacetime. The official commemoration, at 2pm at Holm Point, was cancelled because of an in-bound gale.
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