Maritime record 14087 - EUPHEMIA: ERISKAY, SEA OF THE HEBRIDES

NF71SE 8001 c. 79 10
N57 4 W7 18

Possibly on map sheets NF70NE, NF80NW or NF80SW.

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

Lochmaddy, North Uist, 24th April. `Part of a wreck of a vessel (supposed a schooner, laden with oats) and also a boat marked `EUPHEMIA, of Stromness, James Hatt¿, were cast ashore on the Island of Eriskay, 6th inst.¿.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7514, London, Wednesday April 4 1838.

Greenock, 3rd April. `The EUPHEMIA, Flett, from Clare to the Clyde, was totally lost with all the crew, on the South end of Barra, early last month.¿
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7516, London, Friday April 6 1838.

NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7307).

(Classified as schooner, with cargo of oats: date of loss cited as 23 March 1838). Euphemia: this vessel was lost at the south end of Barra. Registration: Stromness.
(Location of loss cited as N56 58 W7 30).
I G Whittaker 1998.

REPORT DATE: 07/01/2005