HMY Iolaire
HMY Iolaire was an iron-hulled steam yacht that was launched in Scotland in 1881 as Iolanthe. She was renamed Mione in 1898; Iolanthe in 1900; and Amalthæa in 1907.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Memorial
- Description: 1881 steam yacht
- Also known as: “Amalthæa”, “H.M.Y. Iolaire Memorial”, “HMS Iolaire”, “Iolaire”, “Iolanthe”, and “Mione”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arnish Point Lighthouse and Stornoway Airport.
Arnish Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: phil smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arnish Point Lighthouse is situated 4,300 feet west of HMY Iolaire.
Stornoway Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Stephen Branley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stornoway Airport is an airfield located 2 NM east of the town of Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland. Stornoway Airport is situated 2 miles north of HMY Iolaire.
Lews Castle
Castle
Photo: David Maclennan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lews Castle is a Victorian era castle located west of the town of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It was built in the years 1844–51 as a country house for Sir James Matheson who had bought the whole island a few years previously with his fortune from the Chinese opium trade. Lews Castle is situated 2½ miles northwest of HMY Iolaire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parkend and Holm and Holm.
Parkend and Holm
Hamlet
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parkend is a hamlet in the Sandwick region of the Isle of Lewis, although like Melbost, it is not a part of the Eye Peninsula. Many people erroneously believe it to be a suburb of Stornoway, on the island of Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Holm
Village
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holm Village is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis near Stornoway. The modern area of Holm can be split into two distinct areas - "Holm Village" and "Holm Road with Parkend".
Sandwick
Village
Photo: Donald Lawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandwick is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis and a quasi-suburb of Stornoway. Sandwick is situated within the parish of Stornoway.
HMY Iolaire
- Categories: steam yacht, shipwreck, armed yacht, and historic site
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.18893° or 58° 11′ 20″ northLongitude
-6.34871° or 6° 20′ 55″ westInception
1960Open location code
9CCM5MQ2+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 449336323OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q1281924
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“HMY Iolaire” goes by many names.
- French: “HMY Iolaire”
- German: “Iolaire”
- Irish: “An Iolaire”
- Papiamento: “Hms Iolaire”
- Papiamento: “HMY Iolaire”
- Persian: “اچاماس یولیر”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Iolaire”
- Welsh: “Iolaire”
- “Amalthæa”
- “HMS Iolaire”
- “Iolaire”
- “Iolanthe”
- “Mione”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eilean Thuilm and Sgeir Liath.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Iolaire Memorial and John Macleod Memorial.
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