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| Peggy (Balallan) | The Peggy was owned by Donald Mackinnon and skippered by Donald Mackinnon. She was a 1 ton boat with a keel length of 14ft and fished using lines and nets and 2 oars, crewed by 4 men. | 22061 | |
| Kate | The Kate was owned by Murdo Macaulay and skippered by Murdo Macaulay. She was a 1.5 ton boat with a keel length of 17ft, had 4 oars and fished using lines and nets, crewed by 4 men. The registration SY863 was re-... | 22063 | |
| Swan | The Swan was owned and skippered by John Maciver. She was a 2 ton boat with a keel length of 15ft, 1 mast and lug sail and fished using lines and nets, crewed by 4 men. | 22065 | |
| Mary Bell | The Mary Bell was owned and skippered by John Martin. She was a 1.5 ton boat with a keel length of 14ft, 1 mast and lug sail and fished using lines and nets, crewed by 4 men. | 22067 | |
| Mary | The Mary was owned and skippered by John Martin. She was a 1.5 ton boat with a keel length of 12ft, 1 mast and lug sail, fished using lines and nets and crewed by 4 men. | 22069 | |
| Telegram | The Telegram was owned and skippered by Angus Macaulay. She was a 1 ton boat with a keel length of 10ft, 1 mast and lug sail, fished using lines and nets and crewed by 4 men. | 22071 | |
| Stork | The Stork was owned and skippered by John Montgomery. She was a 1.5 ton boat with a keel length of 14ft, 1 mast and lug sail, fished using lines and nets and crewed by 4 men. | 22073 | |
| Jessie | The Jessie was owned and skippered by Malcolm Macleod. She was a 1 ton boat with a keel length of 10ft, 1 mast and lug sail, fished using lines and nets and crewed by 4 men. The registration SY948 was re-assigned to the... | 22075 | |
| Sally | The Sally was owned and skippered by Donald Mackinnon. She was a 1.5 ton boat with a keel length of 13ft, fished using lines and nets, had 2 oars and crewed by 2 men. | 22077 | |
| Star | The Star was owned and skippered by Neil Macleod. She was a 2.5 ton boat with a keel length of 16ft, 1 mast and 1 lug sail, fished using lines and nets, crewed by 4 men. | 22079 | |
| Peggy Ann | The Peggy Ann was owned and skippered by Donald Mackinnon. She was a 2.5 ton boat with a keel length of 15ft, 1 mast and 1 lug sail, fished using lines and nets and crewed by 4 men. | 22081 | |
| Lark | The Lark was owned and skippered by Allan Macsween. She was a 1.5 ton boat with a keel length of 14ft, 4 oars, using lines and nets for fishing and crewed by 4 men. | 22083 | |
| Mary | The Mary was owned and skippered by Angus Maclennan. She was a 1.5 ton boat with a keel length of 13ft, 4 oars, fished using lines and oars and crewed by 4 men. | 22085 | |
| Kate | The Kate was owned and skippered by John Maclennan. She was a 2 ton boat with a keel length of 14ft, 4 oars, fished with lines and nets and crewed by 4 men. | 22087 | |
| Reaip | The Reaip was owned and skippered by Malcolm Macdonald. She was a 1.5 ton boat with a keel length of 12ft, 4 oars, fished with lines and nets and crewed by 4 men. | 22089 | |
| Lookout | The Lookout was owned and skippered by Roderick Mackenzie. She was a 14 ton boat with a keel length of 34ft, 2 masts and lug sail, fished using drift nets and crewed by 5 men. | 22091 | |
| Ocean Queen | The Ocean Queen was owned and skippered by John Morrison. She was a 2 ton boat with a keel length of 14ft, 1 mast and lug sail, fished with lines and nets and crewed by 4 men. | 22094 | |
| Jane | The Jane was owned in 1870 by David Macleod with Alexander Morrison as skipper. In 1874 she was owned and skippered by Alexander Morrison. She was a 15 ton boat with a keel length of 36.5 ft, 3 masts, 1 lug sail and... | 22096 | |
| HMS Grafton | HMS Grafton was a destroyer of the G class. She was torpedoed by the German submarine U-62 on 29 May 1940 while returning from Dunkirk fully loaded with troops, the explosions breaking her back and blowing off her stern... | 23097 | |
| HMS Victorious | HMS Victorious was built by Vickers Armstrong, Newcastle. Laid down 4 May 1937, she was launched on 14 September 1939 and commissioned 15 May 1941. She encountered and attacked the Bismarck just nine days later, and... | 23100 | |
| HMS Wakeful | On 29 May 1940 HMS Wakeful was torpedoed and sunk by German motor torpedo boat S-30 while participating in the evacuation of French, English and Belgian troops off Dunkirk; 650 men were lost. | 23103 | |
| HMS Dunvegan Castle | In September 1939 the passenger ship Dunvegan Castle of the Union-Castle Mail SS Co Ltd, London was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to an armed merchant cruiser. She served at the South Atlantic Station... | 23356 | |
| HMS Worcestershire | HMS Worcestershire was originally a passenger ship, but was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to an armed merchant cruiser in 1939. The Worcestershire was damaged by a U-boat on 3rd April 1941. It survived,... | 23359 | |
| SS Metagama | Built by Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow, SS Metagama was launched in 1914 and entered Canadian Pacific's North Atlantic service with a maiden voyage on 26 March 1915 from Liverpool to St John, New Brunswick. She... | 23360 | |
| Speedwell | The Speedwell was purchased by the Laxay Grazings Committee in the 1950s. She was broken up to enable her timber to be used to fence the Laxay common pasture. The boat was owned by Malcolm Nicolson, a well-known... | 24469 | |
| SS Furnessia | The Furnessia was launched on October 19, 1880 for the Barrow Steamship Company. She made her maiden voyage on February 17, 1881 from Glasgow-Ireland-New Yark and her final voyage on August 12, 1911. | 28470 | |
| Maria | Neil Macleod (1777-1858), son of Malcolm, Laxay was a fisherman aboard the "Maria" of Stornoway in 1793. | 29117 | |
| Pomo | John Ferguson, 22 Laxay, crewed on the Pomo (Stornoway) in 1791. | 29141 | |
| James | Malcolm Ferguson (1765-) son of Fergus Ferguson and Marion Montgomery, Keose was a fisherman with the "James" of Stornoway in 1795. | 29156 | |
| Hopewell | Murdo Ferguson (1780-) son of Fergus Ferguson and Marion Montgomery, Keose was a fisherman with the "Hopewell" of Stornoway in 1795. | 29159 |