Maritime record 13661 - BILLOW CREST: SOUND OF ERISKAY, SEA OF THE HEBRIDES

NF71SE 8005 c. 79 13
N57 6 W7 18

Possibly on map sheet NF81SW.

NLO: Caolas Eirosgaigh [name centred NF 799 133].

3 April 1899 BILLOW CREST, 16 years, of Plymouth, Lloyds cont A1 for 4 years from 9/96. Survey 4/96. Wood schooner. 92 ton, 5 men. Master W. Watkines, Owner J.H. Leslie, Barmouth, Merionethshire. Portmadoc to Esbjerg. Slate. Wind S6. Entrance to Sound of Eriskay, Hebrides. Casualties involving total loss of vessel during year end 30 June 1899.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours, of UK July 1898-99 (1900 [Cd. 318] LXXVII.531).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 749).

(Name cited as Billowcrest and classified as wooden schooner, with cargo of slates: date of loss cited as 3 April 1899). This vessel stranded at the entrance to the Sound of Eriskay.
I G Whittaker 1998.

REPORT DATE: 16/09/2003