Iolaire resources held at Leabharlainn nan Eilean Siar - Western Isles Libraries
An Cogadh Mor, 1914-1918. Acair, 1982.
Crichton, Torcuil. Chapter of Accidents Which Led to the Iolaire Disaster. 1988.
Edwards, Bernard. S.O.S: Men against the Sea. New Guild. 1995
Fraser, Donald M. Scottish Disasters. Mercat Press. 1996.
The GOING down of the sun: The Great War and a rural Lewis community=Dol fodha na greine : Buaidh a’ Chogaidh Mhoir – Nis gu Baile an Truiseil
Grant, William (ed.). Loyal Lewis roll of honour (1914 and after). 1920
Grant, William. Slaughter of the Beasts of Holm. [pamphlet]
“In the shadow of the cruel sea”; (Donald Morrison, survivor of the Iolaire); Scotsman Weekend, 22 September 1990, pp 4-5. John Macleod
Iolaire [Notes on the steam yacht Amalthea and entries from Lloyd’s register of yachts, 1913].
IOLAIRE Disaster: Admiralty Reports, Correspondence Naval Inquiry, Selected Evidence. Public Records Office, ADM 116 1869.
The Iolaire: an explanation [letter]. A.A. Maclean; from Scots Magazine. New Series Vol. 3, No. 1, April 1979
The Iolaire disaster: January 1st 1919. [1999?] Video.
Macdonald, Norman Malcolm, and Tormod Calum Domhnallach. Call Na H-Iolaire. Acair,
1978. Portraits used by kind permission of Guido Blokland
Maciver, Kenneth. Iolaire. 1989.
Macleod, John. When I Heard the Bell: The Loss of the Iolaire. Edinburgh. Birlinn, 2010.
North Lochs roll of honour: dedicated to the memory of those from North Lochs who gave their lives in World War I and the HMY Iolaire disaster. North Lochs Historical Society
Macqueen, John. “Which was the real Iolaire”. Stornoway Gazette, 1989
Jones, Reg Chambers. Sailing the Strait: Aspects of Port Dinorwic and the Menai Strait. Bridge Books, 2004. [pp 95-97; details of the steam yacht “Amalthea” which became H.M. Yacht Iolaire]
SEA Sorrow: The Story of the Iolaire Disaster. Stornoway Gazette, 1972.
Welch, Leonard. Wrecked on the Beasts of Holm. 1942. [pamphlet]
Welch, Leonard. “The wreck of the Iolaire” [speech delivered to a British Legion gathering].
“When Disaster Struck Lewis: The Loss of the Iolaire”. 1982. From The Instructor. Vol. 77, No. 7, April 1982, pages 99-100
“The wreck of the Iolaire: survivor recalls a night of terror”; from Stornoway Gazette. 10 August 1956
Stornoway Gazette articles
“The wreck of the Iolaire: survivor recalls a night of terror”; 10 August 1956, p6
“Appalling catastrophe at Stornoway”. Stornoway Gazette, 7 January 1989, pp 6-7, reprinting articles from 10 January 1919 issue.
“Which was the real Iolaire?” John Macqueen; Stornoway Gazette, 14 January 1989, p7
A ship of many names. James Shaw Grant. Stornoway Gazette, 28 November 1987, p7
Iolaire victims remembered. Stornoway Gazette, 9 December 1960, p1
10 January 1919: P2: The Lewis Disaster: Pulpit references; Memorial service in St. Peter’s Church; Messages of sympathy; List of survivors. p4: Lewis in mourning; Letter from Rear Admiral Boyle; Letter from Lord Leverhulme; Letter – The Stornoway disaster; Assistance for the dependants; Additional names of saved. p5: Appalling catastrophe at Stornoway; 200 lives lost, whole island plunged in sorrow; Survivors’ stories; A Harris man’s story; Home at last; Lists of the lost
24 January 1919: Public notices: Iolaire disaster fund, page 1
14 February 1919: p2: Iolaire disaster second list; p4: The Iolaire enquiry;
p5: The Iolaire disaster – public enquiry at Stornoway; Portraits used by kind permission of Guido Blokland
2 February 1919: p1: Iolaire disaster fund