Maritime record 2240 - UNKNOWN: PETER'S PORT, BENBECULA, MINCH

NF84NE 8000 8512 4567
N 57 23.5417 W 7 14.5333

FORMERLY NF84NE 9536

Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 4

Circumstances of Loss Details
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The vessel, a coastal steamship, ran aground.

Surveying Details
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16 September 1976. A dangerous wreck of a steel vessel was reported near Peter's Port. It uncovers at 2 hours before low water. The position given is bearing 245 degrees, 2118 metres from the summit [330ft] of Ben a Tuath Wiay.
Report taken from Clyde Club SD (Sailing Directions?), p.268.

7 August 1984. The wreck lies about 200 metres E of the jetty at Peter's Port. It dries to reveal 1.5 metres at low water. The lower half of hull with iron propellor is covered thickly with kelp and is all that remains. It lies on its starboard side.
Report by Lt M. J. Law, REME.

16 March 1989. The wreck is not visible on aerial photos dated 22 February 1987.

13 February 1990. The wreck lies about 92 metres NW of charted position, on the SE side of the rock. It dries to a least depth of 1.4 metres.
Report by M. Lawrence, 15 November 1989.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.

The wreck lies 100 yards off the end of Peter's Port jetty. It may be a steel trawler. It shows above water in a depth of 4.5 to 6 metres. The seabed has long grassy weed.
Source; Butland & Siedlecki, BSAC Wreck Register, Scotland 2, 1987.

Lower portion of the wreck appears relitively complete, lying at the southern edge of a small reef. Visible at low tide and also on current AP's.
K.Murphy (Arch Service CnES) 05/09/2024

W E and J K (comps) Butland an, 1987b, BSAC Wreck Register, Scotland, 2, West Coast and Western Isles, 33 (177) (Bibliographic reference). SWE36346.