Maritime record 13672 - UNKNOWN: LEWIS, NORTH MINCH
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Location
| Grid reference | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
| Parish | MARITIME, Western Isles |
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Full Description
NB56SW 8008 unlocated
NLO: Skigersta [Sgiogarstaigh: NB 548 620]
Butt of Lewis [Rubha Robhanais: NB 519 664].
17th March, 1860, UNKNOWN, fishing boat, lugger, 5 tons, 6 crew, sailed from Skigersta, Butt of Lewis, in ballast, foundered, total loss, 6 lives lost, unknown location, not heard of.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2051).
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary but the location of Skigersta on the E side of the island suggests that she was lost in the North Minch rather than the Atlantic. The loss is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 March 2004
REPORT DATE: 01/03/2004
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Record last edited
Jul 29 2005 12:00AM
