Maritime record MHG48695 - Flora Macdonald: Loch Ewe, North Minch

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Grid reference Centred NG 81 92 (20m by 20m)
Map sheet NG89SW
Operational Area CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS

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NMRS Report: (19/08/2005)
NG89SW 8006 c. 82 92
N57 52 W5 40

NLO: Loch Ewe [name centred NG 84 86].

Stornoway, 27th Jan. The FLORA MACDONALD (schr.), of Appledore, McDonald, from Newcastle to Dublin, is a total wreck at the mouth of Loch Ewe: crew saved.
Source: LL, No. 16,786, London, Friday, January 31 1868.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11373).

(Classified as wooden schooner: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 26 January 1868). Flora MacDonald: this vessel was wrecked at the entrance to Loch Ewe. Capt. MacDonald (McDonald?)
Registration: Perth. Built 1859. 99grt. Length: 25m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 52.0 W5 40.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.



Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 274297.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2009 3:19PM

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