Maritime record 13848 - UNKNOWN: ERISKAY, SEA OF THE HEBRIDES

NF71SE 8006 c. 79 10
N57 4 W7 18

Possibly on map sheets NF70NE, NF80NW or NF80SW.

NLO: Eriskay (Eiriosgaigh) [name centred NF 79 10].

23 January 1868, UNKNOWN, 8 yrs old, fishing boat, 5 tons, 5 crew, departed Eriskay for fishing, in ballast, foundered, total loss, 5 lives lost, wind E8, off Eriskay, near Barra, South Uist.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2375).

This loss is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998) and the map sheet assigned to the record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 March 2004.

REPORT DATE: 22/03/2004