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Iolaire disaster recalled on isle

The 90th anniversary of the wrecking of a ship carrying hundreds of sailors home following the end of World War I has been marked on the Western Isles.

About 300 people gathered at a memorial on Lewis dedicated to the Iolaire disaster in which 205 of the 280 passengers died.

The yacht was wrecked on a reef called the Beasts of Holm off Lewis in the early hours of 1 January 1919.

Read entire article at BBC