Mary: Loch Indaal, Islay, Atlantic
Snow (19th Century)
Site Name Mary: Loch Indaal, Islay, Atlantic
Classification Snow (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lochendahl; Lochindaal; Mary
Canmore ID 268803
Site Number NR25NE 8033
NGR NR 28 59
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/268803
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR25NE 8033 unlocated
NLO: Loch Indaal [name centred NR 26 57].
See also NR25NE 8032 and NR25NE 8034.
Not to be confused with NR25NE 8041 or 8064, or NR36SW 8009.
Possibly on map sheets NR26SE, NR35NW, or NR36SW.
(Date of loss cited as 1 December 1813). The FRIENDS, Munro, from Galway to Greenock: the MARY of Workington, from North America: the BRITANNIA, from Liverpool to Westport: & the FARNHAM, Farish, of Chepstow: were taken 1st inst., in Lochindahl, by the TRUE BLOODED YANKEE American Privateer, of 18 guns and 180 men, from Brest. She cut the cables of four other vessels, and they went on shore. The three former she burnt, and gave up the FARNHAM to the crews. She has since captured the MARY, White, from Liverpool to Limerick, off Tory Island: was off Cymmyra, near Holyhead, on the 6th instant, and it is supposed proceeded off the Saltees. She has also taken a vessel laden with hemp, and sent her for France. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5787).
(Classified as snow, with cargo of timber: date of loss cited as 1 December 1813). Mary: this vessel was burnt by the privateer 'True Blooded Yankee' (ex-Challenger) in Lochendahl. [Capt.] Bean.
Registration: Workington. Built 1803. 205 tons burthen. Length: 25m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as B55 45 W6 20).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this loss is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 November 2004.
Loss (1 December 1813)
(Date of loss cited as 1 December 1813). The FRIENDS, Munro, from Galway to Greenock: the MARY of Workington, from North America: the BRITANNIA, from Liverpool to Westport: & the FARNHAM, Farish, of Chepstow: were taken 1st inst., in Lochindahl, by the TRUE BLOODED YANKEE American Privateer, of 18 guns and 180 men, from Brest. She cut the cables of four other vessels, and they went on shore. The three former she burnt, and gave up the FARNHAM to the crews. She has since captured the MARY, White, from Liverpool to Limerick, off Tory Island: was off Cymmyra, near Holyhead, on the 6th instant, and it is supposed proceeded off the Saltees. She has also taken a vessel laden with hemp, and sent her for France. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5787).
(Classified as snow, with cargo of timber: date of loss cited as 1 December 1813). Mary: this vessel was burnt by the privateer 'True Blooded Yankee' (ex-Challenger) in Lochendahl. [Capt.] Bean.
Registration: Workington. Built 1803. 205 tons burthen. Length: 25m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as B55 45 W6 20).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (26 November 2004)
The map sheet assigned to this loss is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 November 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 8314
Name : MARY
Latitude : 554500
Longitude : 62000
Date Built : 1803
Registration : WORKINGTON
Type : SNOW
Tonnage : 205
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 25
Beam : 7
Loss Day : 1
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1813
Comment : Burnt by privateer 'TRUE BLOODED YANKEE (EX.CHALLENGER)' in Lochendahl. Bean
Cargo : TIMBER
