Euphemia: Lower Loch Fyne, Firth Of Clyde
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Euphemia: Lower Loch Fyne, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Skate Island'; Sgat Mor; Sgat Beag; Skate Islands; Outer Clyde Estuary; Euphemia
Canmore ID 219829
Site Number NR96NW 8004
NGR NR 93 66
NGR Description NR c. 93 66
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR96NW 8004 c. 93 66
N55 51 W5 18
NLO: Loch Fyne [name centred NR 94 89].
Formerly entered as NR87NE 8008 (unlocated).
17 July 1888. EUPHEMIA. Age unknown. Not reg. Wood fishing boat. 3 ton. 3 men. Master and owner A. McKillop, Lochranga [Lochranza], Arran. Loch Ranga [Lochranza] to fishing. Ballast. Collided steamship ST KILDA of Barrow. 2 dead. Calm. Off Skate Island, Loch Fyne.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1888-89 (1890 [C.6115] LXVI.543).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1649).
(Classified as wooden fishing boat, in ballast: date of loss cited as 17 July 1888). Euphemia: this vessel was in collision and sank off Skate Island (St Kilda). Capt. McKillop.
Not registered. 3 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 50.50 W5 18.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
(Entered as NR87NE 8008 unlocated). The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary. Skate Island cannot be identified from the available map evidence.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 August 2002.
(Re-entered as NR96NW 8004 at cited location NR c. 93 66 [N55 51 W5 18]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Per contra the above, the Skate Islands are probably to be equated with Sgat Mor [name: NR 930 666] and Sgat Beag [name: NR 942 665] off the SW side of the Cowal peninsula.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 November 2009.
Loss (17 July 1888)
17 July 1888. EUPHEMIA. Age unknown. Not reg. Wood fishing boat. 3 ton. 3 men. Master and owner A. McKillop, Lochranga [Lochranza], Arran. Loch Ranga [Lochranza] to fishing. Ballast. Collided steamship ST KILDA of Barrow. 2 dead. Calm. Off Skate Island, Loch Fyne.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1888-89 (1890 [C.6115] LXVI.543).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1649).
(Classified as wooden fishing boat, in ballast: date of loss cited as 17 July 1888). Euphemia: this vessel was in collision and sank off Skate Island (St Kilda). Capt. McKillop.
Not registered. 3 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 50.50 W5 18.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (9 August 2002)
(Entered as NR87NE 8008 unlocated). The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary. Skate Island cannot be identified from the available map evidence.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 August 2002.
Note (27 November 2009)
(Re-entered as NR96NW 8004 at cited location NR c. 93 66 [N55 51 W5 18]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Per contra the above, the Skate Islands are probably to be equated with Sgat Mor [name: NR 930 666] and Sgat Beag [name: NR 942 665] off the SW side of the Cowal peninsula.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 November 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1480
Name : EUPHEMIA
Latitude : 555030
Longitude : 51800
Registration : Not Registered
Type : FISHING BOAT (WOOD)
Tonnage : 3
Loss Day : 17
Loss Month : 7
Loss Year : 1888
Comment : Collision and sunk off Skate Island (ST KILDA). Capt. McKillop
Cargo : BALLAST
