Maritime record 14141 - MARY ELLEN: BAGH A' BHAILE, ST KILDA, ATLANTIC

NF19NW 8001 c. 101 988
N57 48.5 W8 34.1

Possibly on map sheet NF09NE.

NLO: St Kilda [name: NF 09 99]
Bagh a' Bhaile or Loch Hiort [name centred NF 101 988].

13 June 1888. MARY ELLEN. 31 years of Fowey. Wood schooner. 98 ton. 5 crew. Master and owner J. Willcock, Polruan, Cornwall. Liverpool to Iceland. Salt. Wind NW10. St. Kilda Bay, North Atlantic.
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. 1673).

St Kilda Bay is probably to be equated with Bagh a' Bhaile or Loch Hiort (also known as Village Bay); a location reasonably close inshore may be assumed.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 December 2003.

REPORT DATE: 21/10/2004