Maritime record 14147 - EXILE: STORNOWAY HARBOUR ENTRANCE, LEWIS, NORTH MINCH

NB43SW 8059 c. 429 313
N58 11.7 W6 22.5

NLO: Stornoway [name: NB 425 330]
Cala Steornabhaigh [name centred NB 431 315].

4 March 1851. EXILE of Aberdeen, schooner, pig iron morning, on the point of Holm. In beating out of Stornoway Harbour missed stays and went Stranded where she remained till the following tide, when she was assisted off and taken on the bank to be surveyed; her keel and bottom planks were found to be much chafed. Sustained great damage.
Source: British Seasonal Papers. Admiralty Register of Wrecks + Casualties to Shipping 1851.
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 218).

This vessel is not cited as lost by I G Whittaker (1998); she was presumably returned to service. Point of Holm cannot be identified from the available map evidence.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 July 2003.

REPORT DATE: 28/07/2003