Maritime record 13664 - ADELAIDE: STORNOWAY HARBOUR ENTRANCE, LEWIS, NORTH MINCH

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Location

Grid reference NB 424 323 (point)
Map sheet NB43SW
Parish MARITIME, Western Isles

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Full Description

NB43SW 8074 c. 424 323
N58 12.3 W6 23.1

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

Stornoway, 22nd Feb. `The ADELAIDE, Smart, from Arbroath to Liverpool, was stranded yesterday at the entrance of this harbor, during a very severe snow storm.¿
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7797, London, Monday March 4 1839.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7458).

The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), possibly indicating that she was successfully refloated.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 January 2005.

REPORT DATE: 11/01/2005

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Record last edited

Jul 29 2005 12:00AM

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