Old photograph of thatched crofters cottages in Sandaig on the Isle of Tiree located South West Of Coll which is West of Isle Of Mull, Scotland. HMS Sturdy was launched in June 1919 her build was completed in 1920 and she was equipped as an occasional minelayer. She served for a while in the operational fleet before being mothballed and later brought back into service in 1939 just before World War II broke out. In 1940 she was deployed in Atlantic convoy defence and on 18th October 1940 she joined Convoy HX73 from Halifax, Nova Scotia to the UK, sailing between 18th and 23rd October. On 30th October 1940, weather conditions were dreadful and Sturdy was driven well off course in a full gale and ran onto rocks off Sandaig on the west coast of Tiree. The ship broke in two. The five sailors who died were Able Seaman PR Cornford; Stoker 1st Class TW Cowler; Able Seaman F Greenshields; Ordinary Seaman JH Rivett; and Leading Stoker A Trahearn.
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