Maritime record 14131 - DANZIG: UIA ISLAND, BENBECULA, LITTLE MINCH
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| Grid reference | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
| Parish | MARITIME, Western Isles |
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NF84NE 8003 unlocated
22 January 1888. DANZIG. 8 years of Germany. B Veritas 1 Div 3/3 A1.1 from 6/84 survey 4/87. Iron steamship. 553 ton. 16 crew. Master Gohrbrandt. Owner A. Gibsone, Dantzig [Gdansk]. Dantzig [Gdansk] to Campbeltown. Barley. Wind 2. Near Uia Island, Benbecula.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1887-88 (1889 [C.5730] LXIX.597).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1697).
(Classified as iron steamship, with cargo of barley: date of loss cited as 22 January 1888). This vessel stranded near Uia (possibly Wiay) Island.
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the location cited by Whittaker. The loss may have occurred in the Atlantic, rather than the Minch. Wiay or Fuidhaigh island is centred at NF 87 46.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 December 2003.
I G Whittaker 1998.
REPORT DATE: 02/12/2003
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Record last edited
Jul 29 2005 12:00AM
