MV Lochiel (1939)
MV ''Lochiel'' was the Islay mail steamer, mailboat operated by David MacBrayne Ltd from 1939 until 1970. Sinking in West Loch Tarbert in 1960, she was refloated and repaired. She became MacBrayne's last surviving mailboat, seeing out her life as a floating bar in Bristol. History ''Lochiel'' was the first of two mailboats ordered in 1938; the second, was delayed until 1947. Built in 1939, she was the fourth MacBrayne's vessel named ''Lochiel''. The earlier ''Lochiel''s had been single-screw steamers, two serving Islay. On 8 October 1960, ''Lochiel'' hit submerged rocks in West Loch Tarbert, Argyll and sank. She was raised by the salvage-tug ''Plantagenet'', and was out of service until the following March. Liability for a car lost on this crossing was McCutcheon v David MacBrayne Ltd, challenged in the courts, and decided in favour of the car owner by the House of Lords. When replaced as the Islay mailboat in 1970, she was sold to Norwest Shipping Ltd, Douglas, Isle of Man. R ...
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ...
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