Maritime record 2300 - GOLFER: BAGH SHEISIADER, LEWIS

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Site of wreck of steam ship Golfer

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Grid reference NB 55600 34200 (point)
Map sheet NB53SE
Parish MARITIME, Western Isles

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NB53SE 8001 5560 3420

Steamship GOLFER, 377 ton, of Methil, master Alex Cargill. Bound from Methil to Stornoway. Lost 10 Sep 1932, 3.35am. Shesader Bay (Bagh Sheisiader), 2 1/4 miles from Tiumpan Head Lighthouse, Lewis. "Due to darkness vessel was off her proper course". Crew 10, all saved. Cargo coals. "The wreck lies well into the bay".
Source; Tiumpan Head Lighthouse.


1998, Northern Lighthouse Board Wreck Returns, Tiumpan Head Lighthouse (Unpublished document). SWE36312.

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  • --- Unpublished document: 1998. Northern Lighthouse Board Wreck Returns. Tiumpan Head Lighthouse.

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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