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Bha mi ag innse dhuibh naidheachdan 脿 Loch Iubh co-cheangailte ris an D脿rna Cogadh. Th脿inig a鈥� chuid a bu mhotha dhiubh bhon leabhar 鈥�Loch Ewe During World War II鈥� le Steve Chadwick. Mholainn an leabhar dhuibh.

Tha mi a鈥� dol a bhruidhinn an-diugh mun t-soitheach an William H Welch. Chaidh i fodha faisg air beul Loch Iubh ann an naoi ceud deug, ceathrad 鈥檚 a ceithir (1944). Bha i na soitheach-saorsa no liberty ship 脿s na St脿itean Aonaichte. Bha na longan sin a鈥� gi霉lain bathar tarsainn a鈥� Chuain Siar mar ph脿irt dhen iomairt-chogaidh.

鈥橲 e meadhan a鈥� gheamhraidh a bha ann. Bha an William H Welch a鈥� f脿gail Lunnainn agus a鈥� dol a New York. Bha i falamh, gun bhalaist. Mar sin, cha robh i furasta l脿imhseachadh ann an droch sh矛de. Agus bha g猫ile is gailleann ann.

Bha i gu bhith a鈥� cruinneachadh le longan eile ann an Loch Iubh agus a鈥� falbh ann an conbhoidh. Ach, nuair a r脿inig i beul an locha, chaidh a sguabadh a dh鈥檌onnsaigh chreagan. Chaidh i an s脿s air sgeir. Cha robh comas aice gluasad. Bha an fhairge a鈥� bualadh oirre gu cruaidh. Bha e dorch agus fuar.

Dh鈥櫭瞨daich an caiptean lasairean boillsgeach a chur an-脿irde. Chunnaic feadhainn air t矛r-m貌r na lasairean.

Th脿inig soitheach-slaodaidh a-mach, feuch cobhair a dh猫anamh air a鈥� William H Welch. Dh鈥檉heuch iad ri loidhne a chur a-null. Ach bha a鈥� ghaoth ro l脿idir. Bha an soitheach a-nise a鈥� leigeil uisge a-steach. Aig sia uairean sa mhadainn bhris i ann an d脿 leth.

Mu dheireadh chaidh na daoine a bha fhathast air b貌rd a sguabadh don mhuir. Ach fhuair tri霉ir gu t矛r. R脿inig iad baile beag ris an canar An Uamhghaidh. Bha sin ann am meadhan na maidne. Bha cur-is-cathadh ann. Aig fear de na taighean, bha dithis chaileagan a-muigh. Bha iad a鈥� togail fh脿dan on chruaich-mh貌naich. Chunnaic iad an tri霉ir mharaichean.

Chaidh ochdnar fhear agus dithis bhan 脿s a鈥� bhaile a-mach, feuch cobhair a dh猫anamh air duine sam bith eile a bha be貌 air a鈥� chladach. Innsidh mi dhuibh mar a chaidh dhaibh anns an ath Litir.

I was relating anecdotes from Loch Ewe connected to the Second [World] War. Most of them came from the book 鈥楲och Ewe During World War II鈥� by Steve Chadwick. I鈥檇 recommend the book to you.

I鈥檓 going to speak today about the vessel, The William H Welch. It sank near the mouth of Loch Ewe in 1944. It was a liberty ship from the United States. Those ships were carrying goods across the Atlantic as part of the war effort.

It was the middle of winter. The William H Welch was leaving London and going to New York. She was empty, without ballast. Thus, she was not easy to handle in bad weather. And the weather was extremely bad.

She was going to be meeting with other ships in Loch Ewe and leaving in a convoy. But when she reached the mouth of the loch, she was swept towards rocks. She got stuck on a skerry. She couldn鈥檛 move. The sea was pounding her. It was dark and cold.

The captain ordered flares to be fired. Some people on the mainland saw the flares.

A tug came out to try to assist the William H Welch. They tried to send a line over. But the wind was too strong. The vessel was now letting in water. At six o鈥� clock in the morning, she broke in two pieces.

Finally, the people who were still on board were swept into the sea. But three reached the land. They reached a village called Cove. That was in the middle of the morning. It was blizzarding. At one of the houses there were two girls outside. They were lifting peats from the peatstack. They saw the three mariners.

Eight men and two women from the village went out to assist anybody that was alive on the shore. I鈥檒l tell you how they got on in the next Litir.