Maritime record 13952 - FLYING FISH: BUTT OF LEWIS, ATLANTIC
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| Grid reference | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
| Parish | MARITIME, Western Isles |
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NB56NW 8008 unlocated
NLO: Butt of Lewis [name: NB 519 665].
4 Mar, 1885, FLYING FISH, not registered, wooden lugger, unknown tonnage say 4, 6 crew, Master and Owner A. Morrison, Stornoway. Departed Ness, Hebrides for fishing, in ballast. Six lives lost. Wind ENE 10. Foundered 1 mile W of the Butt of Lewis, Hebrides.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1884-85 (1887 [C.5094] LXXIV.247).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1828).
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: registration number cited as SY 251 and date of loss as 4 March 1885). This vessel foundered 1 mile W of Butt of Lewis.
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. It may fall on map sheet NB46NE.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 June 2002.
REPORT DATE: 10/12/2003
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Record last edited
Jul 29 2005 12:00AM
