Maritime record 13791 - SKJOLDMOEN: BENBECULA, ATLANTIC
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Location
Grid reference | NF 8 5 (point) |
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Map sheet | NF85SW |
Parish | MARITIME, Western Isles |
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NF85SW 8001 unlocated
13 January 1894, SKJOLDMÖEN, 25 years, of Norway. Wood barque. 408 ton. 10 men. Master A. Thjomoe. Owner T. Jhlen, Holmestrand, Norway. Demerara to Queenstown. Timber. Wind SSE9. Benbecula.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1893-94 (1895 [C.7858] LXXXVII.327).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1209).
(Classified as wooden barque, with cargo of timber: former name cited as Mary and date of loss as 13 January 1894). This vessel stranded on Benbecula.
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary. The recorded wind direction (SSE) suggests that the stranding took place on the Minch (E) side of the island.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 April 2002.
R and B Larn 1998.
REPORT DATE: 29/10/2003
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Record last edited
Jul 29 2005 12:00AM