Maritime record 14154 - UNKNOWN: HYSKIER ROCKS, MONACH ISLANDS, ATLANTIC

NF66SW 8008 unlocated

Possibly on map sheet NF56SE or NF66SE.

NLO: Heisker or Monach Islands (Theisgeir No Na h-Eileanan Monach): name centred NF 63 63.
[Extend onto map sheet NF56SE].

October 1867, a report having been current that shipwrecked people were on the rocks at Hasker [Hyskier], situated about 10 miles off the Island of North Uist, Hebrides, a light thereon having been seen for two successive nights, Alexander Mann and his crew volunteered to proceed to their assistance, notwithstanding the heavy sea that was running, but on their approach to the rocks no trace of human beings was found. Awards granted out of the Mercantile Marine Fund: Alexander Mann, Roderick Macaulay, A. McLellan, L. McLellan, J. McDouglas, A. McIsaac: £5 to be divided amongst them.
Table 31: List of Persons, Subjects of Great Britain and its Dependencies, to whom Rewards have been granted, during the Year 1867, for gallant Services in Saving Life from Shipwreck, etc. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2334).

The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 March 2004.

REPORT DATE: 19/03/2004