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john

29th October 2011, 09:31
Name of boat used for final evacuation of St Kilda in 1930 (8) ?A?E?E?B

Can't track this down - help please.
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sudokulover

29th October 2011, 09:41
Your B is wrong - I think your answer is HAREBELL
1930 - Evacuation of St Kilda

St Kilda

Life on the little Atlantic island of St Kilda was always tough for its inhabitants. As the new luxuries of 20th-century life improved conditions on the mainland of Scotland, little improvement seemed to trickle out to their shores. Conditions of life remained basic and worse than basic. The hard winter of 1929 led to the St Kildans needing to seek aid yet again from the mainland. Finally they decided they had had enough. The islanders petitioned for evacuation. The final destination of the 36 islanders was to be Morvern in Argyll. The story excited a great deal of coverage. This is how The Times reported it.
'LAST POST' AT ST KILDA - ISLANDERS TAKEN OFF TO-DAY - FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

LOCHMADDY, AUG. 28

The last phase in the removal of the colony from St Kilda will take place to-morrow, when the Admiralty sloop Harebell will take off the remaining population to Oban, preparatory to their settlement in Morven (Argyll). The evacuation affects some 36 natives, together with the island nurse and the missionary and his small family. Owing to heavy seas the Glasgow vessel Dunara Castle had to run for shelter into a sea loch on the west coast of Skye, with the result that she was late in arriving yesterday at St Kilda to deliver the last mail-bag for the natives, and take off such of the sheep stock as remained in the islands after the ship's previous call a couple of weeks ago. In addition, the Dunara Castle loaded all the islanders' cattle - 10 animals in all - and the bulky possessions of the inhabitants, who are being conveyed from Oban to their new surroundings.
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john

29th October 2011, 09:46
Thanks so much for your help as always and so quickly.
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