Maritime record 13806 - UNKNOWN: TUNGA, LEWIS, NORTH MINCH

NB43NE 8012 c. 45 35
N58 14 W6 21

Possibly on map sheets NB43NW, NB43SW or NB43SE.

See also NB14SE 8003, NB42NE 8006, NB43NE 8011, NB43NE 8013, NB43SW 8077-81, NB53NE 8009, NB53SE 8005-6, and NB54NE 8005.

NLO: Broad Bay or Loch a Tuath [name centred NB 49 36]
Aird Thunga [name: NB 465 365]
Tunga [name: NB 448 366]
Stornoway [name: NB 425 330].

Stornoway, Nov. 24 (1881), the vessels which were driven ashore in the gale of Nov. 22 have all been got off, more or less damaged, except the BURNCOOSE and the TELEGRAM. At Crossboat three large herring fishing boats were damaged, one of them, a decked boat, being smashed to pieces. Larebost lost seven cod and ling fishing boats, one of them being carried out to sea. At Knock three boats, and at Sheshadder [Sheshader; Seisadar] two boats, were broken in pieces. At Aird Point four boats were destroyed, and at Portnaguian [Port nan Giuran] three boats were smashed: whilst at Shader one, and at Ganabost two boats were broken to pieces. On the north side of Broad Bay the effects of the storm were very serious, three boats at Tongue [Tunga], three at Vatsker, and six at Tolsta, being more or less damaged: the majority were broken to pieces. At Carloway [Carlabhagh], on the west side of Lewis, three lifeboats were completely smashed. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5283).

The map sheet assigned to this loss is essentially arbitrary. Tongue is presumably to be identified with Tunga, but the loss of this vessel is apparently not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 January 2005.

REPORT DATE: 18/01/2005