Maritime record 14159 - UNION: BUTT OF LEWIS, ATLANTIC

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Parish MARITIME, Western Isles

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NB56NW 8015 unlocated

NLO: Butt of Lewis [name: NB 519 665].

The UNION, of North Shields, Renton, from Quebec to London, was lost on the night of the 4th ult., on the North end of the Lewis's, and it is feared that all the crew were drowned.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 4631, London, Friday January 17 1812.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5739).

(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 4 December 1811). Union: this vessel was wrecked at the North end of the Lewises. Capt. Renton.
(Location of loss cited as N58 15 W6 15).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 June 2004.

REPORT DATE: 16/02/2005

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Jul 29 2005 12:00AM

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