Maritime record MHG37402 - MAID OF LORNE: THE STIRKS, SOUND OF MULL

Summary

No summary available.

Location

Grid reference Centred NM 5340 5760 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NM55NW

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Created automatically by NMRS Register Utility
User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
----
NM55NW 8014 c. 534 576
N56 38.7 W6 14

NLO: Big Stirk [name: NM 534 578]
Little Stirk [name: NM 533 575]
Auliston Point [name: NM 547 581].

MAID of LORNE ashore on the Stirks [Big Stirk: NM 534 578; Little Stirk: NM 533 575]. Crew safe. Vessel refloated.
Information from SIMS (DRG), 11 December 1997.
Oban Times, April 1896.

The available account suggests that the vessel was recovered, leaving no remains at the point of stranding.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 August 2001.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Baird, B. 1995. Shipwrecks of the West of Scotland. 261.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the Heritage Portal maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.