Date: 17/03/2023

This month is the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the MV Loch Seaforth, the forerunner to its namesake plying the Stornoway to Ullapool route today, and last and only CalMac ferry to be lost.

On the stormy night of 22 March 1973, on its way from South Uist to Oban, the Loch Seaforth struck rocks in Gunna Sound between the Isles of Tiree and Coll, with over 40 passengers and crew on board.

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TSMV Loch Seaforth loading alongside the rail facilities on the quay at Mallaig in July 1963.
Location: Mallaig Pier
Company: Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway)
/07/1963 Colin Miller

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