Maritime record 13828 - VENUS: RONAY, NORTH UIST, LITTLE MINCH

NF85NE 8002 c. 89 55
N57 29 W7 11

NLO: Ronay (Ronaigh) [name centred NF 898 58].

Possibly on map sheets NF85SE, NF95SW or NF95NW.

The VENUS, from Liverpool to Norway, was lost 30th January on the Island of Rona, with all the crew.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 4454, London, Tuesday May 1 1810.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5667).

(No classification specified: cargo cited as salt, and date of loss as 30 January 1810). Venus: this vessel was abandoned off Islay, found wrecked on Rona, North Uist, and sold. Broken up?
rRegistration: Portsmouth, NJ. 300 tons builders measurement.
(Location of loss cited as N57 28 W7 10).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The discrepanicies between the account given by Whittaker and the manuscript source cited remain unresolved. The location of loss remains unverified; the are numerous 'Rona' names in the Western Isles.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 January 2005.

REPORT DATE: 14/02/2005