We’ve been researching some Tiree history. When the Fleetwood steam trawler ‘Phrontis’ returned home on Thursday 28th January 1932 from the fishing grounds, she carried on her deck, a telegraph buoy belonging to the Western Union Telegraph Company.
The buoy which was two tonnes in weight was used to allocate a position when repairs were being done to the Atlantic cable. It was found on the previous Tuesday adrift off Barra Head, near Isle of Tiree.
Illustration by AI.
