Maritime record MHG49697 - City Of Limerick: Isleornsay, Sleat, Skye, Sound Of Sleat

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 700 123 (20m by 20m)
Map sheet NG71SW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Operational Area CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS

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NMRS Report: (25/07/2006 11:08:53)
NG71SW 8010 c. 701 124
N57 8.7 W5 48

NLO: Isleornsay [name: NG 701 124]
Ornsay [name centred NG 710 127]
Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09].

Isle Ornsay, (Skye, N.B.), 5th Dec. The CITY OF LIMERICK, Maxwell, of Londonderry, from Liverpool to Newcastle, (with salt) came on shore on the Mainland, opposite this place, 3rd inst., afterwards took fire and sunk: crew, masts, rigging, and some sails saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 10,836, London, Saturday December 9 1848.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8403).

(Classified as schooner, with cargo of salt: date of loss cited as as 3 December 1848). City of Limerick: this vessel stranded opposite Isle Ornsay, [caught] fire and sank. Capt. Maxwell.
Registration: Londonderry. Built 1839. 90 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N57 10.0 W5 42.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.

Isleornsay is on the mainland (of Skye), within Sleat parish, and opposite (to the W of) the island of Ornsay. Ornsay Harbour [name centred NG 704 127] lies between Iseleornsay and Ornsay Island, and may have been the location of this loss.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 July 2006.



Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 282245.

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Jan 28 2009 3:19PM

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