Maritime record 13796 - EINAR: SANDWICK BAY, LEWIS, NORTH MINCH

NB43SW 8070 c. 43 32
N58 12 W6 22

Possibly on map sheet NB43SE.

NLO: Stornoway [name: NB 425 330]
Cala Steornabhaigh [name centred NB 431 315]
Mol Shanndabhaig [name centred NB 437 320]
Shanndabhaig [name: NB 445 321].

Stornoway, 16th Sept., severe gale yesterday from S, veering round at night with great violence to WNW, and still continues from same direction. A three-masted Norwegian schooner, Brevig to Connah's quay, is ashore on rocky ground in Sandwick bay, and full of water: crew safe.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 20,091, London, Tuesday September 17 1878.

Stornoway, 16th Sept., 11 a.m., the Norwegian three-masted schooner RINARD, of Mandal, Capt. Gabrielsen, from Brevig to Connah's quay, cargo timber, drove ashore here in a gale of wind last night: part of keel washed ashore: likely to become a total wreck.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 20,091, London, Tuesday September 17 1878.

Glasgow, 17th Sept., the EINAR (not as before reported) (3-masted schr.), of Mandal, Gabrielsen, from Brevig to Connah's quay, with timber, was stranded, 15th Sept., E of Stornoway harbour, and afterwards broke in two.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 20,093, London, Thursday September 19 1878.

Glasgow, 18th Sept., the cargo of the EINAR, ashore near Stornoway, is being discharged.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 20,094, London, Friday September 20 1878.

Stornoway, 17th Sept., the EINAR, ashore in Sandwick bay, is being dismantled and her deck cargo discharged.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 20,095, London, Saturday September 21 1878.

Stornoway, 24th Sept., the EINAR (3-masted schr.), on shore in Sandwick bay, was got off this evening, and is now in our harbour, considerably damaged.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 20,102, London, Monday September 30 1878.

Stornoway, 28th Sept., the EINAR is discharging previous to going on the patent slip.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 20,104, London, Wednesday October 2 [1878].

NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 4759).

The location cited for this loss is essentially tentative. Sandwick Bay is probably to be equated with Mol Shanndabhaig.
The loss of this vessel is not noted by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information for RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 October 2004.

REPORT DATE: 28/10/2004