Maritime record 14069 - TRAVELLER: BUTT OF LEWIS, ATLANTIC

NB56NW 8003 unlocated

See also NB43SW 8034.

NLO: Butt of Lewis [name: NB 519 665].

Stornaway [Stornoway], 9th Dec. 'The OSCAR, from Londonderry to London, was stranded in Branahny Bay 6th inst., during a heavy gale from SW. The crew and small part of the cargo and materials saved. The TRAVELLER, Wighten, from Quebec to Dundee, was stranded near the Butt of Lewis, during a severe gale from NW on the 8th inst. Crew saved. The gales of the 6th and 8th inst., have been very severe on this coast.' [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6990).

(Classified as brigantine, with cargo of timber: date of loss cited as 8 December 1834). This vessel was wrecked 5 miles (8 km) from the Butt of Lewis. Capt. Wighton.
I G Whittaker 1998.

The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary. Whittaker cites no authority for the location he cites.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 June 2002.
I G Whittaker 1998.

REPORT DATE: 07/05/2004