Maritime record 13671 - ST CLAIR: TOLSTA HEAD, NORTH MINCH
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| Grid reference | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
| Parish | MARITIME, Western Isles |
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NB54NE 8003 unlocated
NLO: Tolsta Head (Ceann or Rubha Tholastaidh) [name: NB 565 469].
4th March 1885, ST CLAIR, age unknown, not registered, wooden lugger, tonnage unknown, say 4 tons, 8 crew. Master and Owner K. Morrison, Stornoway. Departed Stornoway for fishing, in ballast. Sank, subsequently raised. Six lives lost. Wind ENE10. 4 miles off Tolsta Head, Lewis, Hebrides.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1884-85 (1887 [C.5094] LXXIV.247).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1997).
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The loss is not noted by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of the vessel having been subsequently raised.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 January 2004.
REPORT DATE: 28/01/2004
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Record last edited
Jul 29 2005 12:00AM
