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05/02/2011

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A further look at the SS Politician incident, as romanticised in the film Whisky Galore.

Morag Stewart reports on the whisky cargo aboard the SS Politician which ran aground off Eriskay in 1941 and asks why the ship carried an intriguing amount of Jamaican currency.

Morag Stiùbhart a toirt aithris air an uisge-bheatha bh'air bòrd an SS Politician a chaidh air tìr faisg air Èirisgeigh sa Ghearran 1941, na daoine chaidh a chuir dha'n phrìosan airson a thoirt aiste, agus a nochdadh airson a chiad uair an t-suim annasach de dh'airgiod Jamaiceanach a bh'air bòrd agus am bàta a dèanamh slighe gu Kingston agus New Orleans. 

Morag Stewart reports on the whisky cargo aboard the SS Politician which went aground off Eriskay in February 1941, the men who were sent to jail for 'salvaging' it, and asks why the ship carried an intriguing amount of Jamaican currency on board as she made for Kingston and New Orleans.

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