Maritime record 13955 - FLY BY NIGHT: STORNOWAY, LEWIS, NORTH MINCH
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| Grid reference | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
| Parish | MARITIME, Western Isles |
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NB43SW 8047 unlocated
NLO: Stornoway [name: NB 425 330]
Cala Steornabhaigh [name centred NB 431 315].
29 January 1889. FLY-BY-NIGHT. 8 years. Not reg. Wood lugger. 18 ton. 6 men. Master and owner D. McAulay, Lewis. Stornoway to fishing. Ballast. 1 dead. Wind SW9. Branahuie Bay, near Stornoway.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1888-89 (1890 [C.6115] LXVI.543).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1624).
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: name cited as Fly-by-Night, registration number as SY 11 and date of loss as 29 January 1889). Thisa vessel stranded at Branahuie Bay, near Stornoway.
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary. Branahuie Bay cannot be identified from the available map evidence.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 June 2002.
REPORT DATE: 26/11/2003
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Jul 29 2005 12:00AM
