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01/01/2009

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The moving story of one of Britain's worst maritime disasters.

The moving story of one of Britain's worst maritime disasters, the loss of more than 200 sailors just yards from shore.

Sùil às ùr air dè dh'adhbhraich call na h-Iolaire, far an do chaillear còrr is 200 duine air oidhche na Bliadhn' Ùr 1919 's iad a' tilleadh dhachaigh bho'n Chogadh Mhòr. The moving story of one of Britain's worst maritime disasters, the loss of more than 200 sailors just yards from shore, as they returned home to Lewis and Harris on New Year's Day 1919 having survived the Great War.

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