Maritime record 13927 - JULIE: BERNERAY, SOUND OF HARRIS, ATLANTIC

NG98SW 8002 c. 91 82
N57 47 W5 31

Formerly entered in error as NB13NE 8003 (unlocated).

NLO: Berneray (Bearnaraigh) [name centred NG 91 82].

Possibly on map sheet NG88SE.

16 September 1878, JULIE, 24 yrs old, of Germany, Bureau Veritas 5/6, G. 1. 1., 5 yrs, 5.78, last survey 7.78, wooden barque, 435 tons, 11 crew, Master R. Holzmann, Owner T. G. Gerloch, Memel, departed Belfast for Philadelphia, in ballast, wind W9, stranded, total loss, Bernera, Harris, Hebrides.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1878 - 79 (1880 [C.2519] LXVI.47).

Stornoway, 18th Sept., the barque JULIE, of Memel, in ballast, was totally wrecked on the Island of Bernera, Sound of Harris, 15th Sept.: crew arrived here this morning.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 20,094, London, Friday September 20 1878.

Stornoway, 20th Sept., 8.5 p.m., an Irish brig reported to be ashore at Bernera, Isle of Glass: no further particulars as yet known, and when, will give full information.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 20,095, London, Saturday September 21 1878.

Stornoway, 21st Sept., 8.25 p.m., the brig reported ashore at Bernera, Isle of Glass, Harris, proved to be the Prussian barque JULIA, of Memel, in ballast, bound for America: further particulars as soon as captain comes from wreck.

Stornoway, 20th Sept., 8.5 p.m., an Irish brig reported to be ashore at Bernera, [Record received incomplete].

NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 2892).

(Classified as wooden barque, in ballast: date of loss cited as 16 September 1878). This vessel stranded on Bernera, Harris.
I G Whittaker 1998.

This vessel was formerly attributed to Great Berneray (Bearnaraigh) [name centred NB 157 355] on the basis of its attribution by Larn and Larn. The loss was possibly reported at Stornoway (Lewis).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 August 2003.
R and B Larn 1998.

REPORT DATE: 17/05/2004

The grid reference is clearly incorrect, and the site has been moved to off Berneray, Sound of Harris, as per the description.
MML 24.4.2007