Maritime record 14169 - JOHN ELLIS: LOCH MADDY, NORTH UIST, LITTLE MINCH

NF96NW 8009 unlocated

NLO: Loch nam Madadh (Lochmaddy) [name: NF 918 689]
Loch Maddy (Loch nam Madadh) [name centred NF 931 685]
Caolas na Hearadh (Sound of Harris): name centred NF 96 81.

Lochmaddy, North Uist, 8th Jan., the nameboard of a boat, painted black, with 'JOHN ELLIS' on it in yellow letters, was washed ashore near this place, last tide.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,328, London, Thursday January 16 [1873].
NMRS, MS/829/66 (no. 3910).

The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary, being derived from the location of stranding and discovery of the boat. The parent vessel probably foundered in the Atlantic, possibly beyond Scottish waters.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 June 2004.

REPORT DATE: 03/02/2005