Maritime record MHG48370 - Commercial Packet: Ardmore Point, Skye, Little Minch
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | NG 217 598 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG25NW |
| Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
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Full Description
NMRS Report: (28/02/2007 17:45:26)
NG25NW 8002 c. 218 598
N57 32.6 W6 39
NLO: Ardmore Point [name: NG 218 598]
Islay [name centred NR 38 60].
Ardmore, Isle of Skye, 29 Dec. `The whole of the cargo, and some of the materials of the COMMERCIAL PACKET, from Stromness to Newry, lately wrecked near here, have been saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 5976, London, Tuesday January 11 1825.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6394).
(No classification specified: cargo cited as herring, and date of loss as November 1824). Commercial Packet: this vessel was wrecked near Ardmore, Islay. Stromness-Newry.
(Location of loss cited as N55 41.0 W6 1.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location of loss cited by Whittaker is evidently incorrect. The vessel stranded on Skye, rather than Islay.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 April 2005.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24123 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 271846.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM
