page_title: HMY Iolaire
hierarchical_section_title: HMY Iolaire
caption_attribution_description: English: The Admiralty yacht HMS Iolaire under the name Amalthaea. It sank on the morning of 1 January 1919 on the Beasts of Holm, rocks outside Stornoway harbour.
context_page_description: His Majesty's Yacht Iolaire was an Admiralty yacht that sank with great loss of life at the entrance to Stornoway harbour on the Isle of Lewis on 1 January 1919. The sinking of the yacht, which was originally the Amalthaea but renamed in 1918, was one of the worst maritime disasters in United Kingdom waters during the 20th century. Although the Iolaire struck rocks just yards from shore, at least 201 men out of the 283 people on board perished — most of whom were Royal Navy Reservists returning home at the end of the First World War — because of the appalling weather and sea conditions.
context_section_description: His Majesty's Yacht Iolaire (Scottish Gaelic for '"Eagle"') was an Admiralty yacht that sank with great loss of life  at the entrance to Stornoway harbour on the Isle of Lewis on 1 January 1919. The sinking of the yacht, which was originally the Amalthaea but renamed in 1918, was one of the worst maritime disasters in United Kingdom waters during the 20th century. Although the Iolaire struck rocks just yards from shore, at least 201 men out of the 283 people on board perished — most of whom were Royal Navy Reservists returning home at the end of the First World War — because of the appalling weather and sea conditions.
caption: As Amalthaea in 1908
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