Politician (stern Portion): Calvay Rock, Eriskay Sound, Sea of the Hebrides

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Politician (stern Portion): Calvay Rock, Eriskay Sound, Sea of the Hebrides as Steamship (20th Century)-(1941). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

The *Politician* was a British steamship built in 1939 that ran aground on Calvay Rock in Eriskay Sound, Scotland, on 5 December 1941 during a storm while carrying a cargo of whisky. The wreck was significant as it became a source of salvage for stranded sailors and locals, and remnants of the ship remained visible for decades.