Chadwick: Rubha Ban, Oisgill Bay, Duirinish, Skye, Little Minch
Steamship (19th Century)
Site Name Chadwick: Rubha Ban, Oisgill Bay, Duirinish, Skye, Little Minch
Classification Steamship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Clanneache; An Ceannaich; Loch Pooltiel; Chadwick
Canmore ID 102006
Site Number NG15SW 8002
NGR NG 13121 50227
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102006
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG15SW 8002 1312 5023
N57 27.1 W6 47
NLO: Loch Pooltiel [name centred NG 161 503]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Formerly entered as NG15SW 8516 (UNKNOWN).
2 July 1892. CHADWICK. 10 years of London. Lloyds +100A1. Survey 2/92. Iron steam ship. 917 ton. 19 men. Master C. Kemp. Owner R.B. Avery, Newcastle. Glasgow to Cronstadt. Coal. Wind S5. An Ceannaich, Loch Pooltiel, Skye.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1892-93 (1894 [C.7324] LXXVI.505).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1277).
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 5
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The steamship CHADWICK sank whilst on a voyage from the Clyde to Petersburg.
Source: Dictionary of Disasters at Sea.
Surveying Details
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The CHADWICK sunk at Clanneache, west Skye.
Source: Dictionary of Disasters at Sea. [presumably this should read "an ceannaich"].
8 July 1975. The wreck was located at 57 27 12N, 006 47 06W. It is thought to be 19th century collier. There is much coal lying nearby. The vessel possibly had 3 funnels. A device engraved with "Wilson Single Sight Corrector - patent no. 933" was found on the wreck. This will be investigated further.
Report by S Robinson, Edinburgh.
8 April 1986. The site was investigated by submersible using side scan sonar. Nothing was found. Quantities of coal have been washed up on beach at Oisgill bay, according to local knowledge. It is assumed that the wreck has been broken up.
Report by HMS FOX.
29 June 1988. The broken up remains of the collier CHADWICK lie at 57 27 06N, 006 47 00W. Divers have identified it by name found on part of the bow section.
Report by M Johnson.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as iron steamship, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 2 July 1892). Chadwick: this vessel stranded at An Ceannaich, Loch Pooltiel, Skye. Capt. Kemp.
Registration: London. Built 1882,. 1463grt. Length: 75m. Beam: 11m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 27.20 W6 47.10).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Neither Clanneache nor Rubha Ban is noted on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map. The name Oisgill Bay is applied to a broad embayment around NG 133 496; Larn and Larn state that Rubha Ban is at the N end of this feature.
Whittaker locates the wreck at An Ceannaich, Loch Pooltiel; An Ceannaich [name: NG 133 507] is probably to be identified with Rubha Ban.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 April 2002.
Loss (2 July 1892)
2 July 1892. CHADWICK. 10 years of London. Lloyds +100A1. Survey 2/92. Iron steam ship. 917 ton. 19 men. Master C. Kemp. Owner R.B. Avery, Newcastle. Glasgow to Cronstadt. Coal. Wind S5. An Ceannaich, Loch Pooltiel, Skye.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1892-93 (1894 [C.7324] LXXVI.505).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1277).
(Classified as iron steamship, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 2 July 1892). Chadwick: this vessel stranded at An Ceannaich, Loch Pooltiel, Skye. Capt. Kemp.
Registration: London. Built 1882,. 1463grt. Length: 75m. Beam: 11m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 27.20 W6 47.10).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (2 April 2002)
Neither Clanneache nor Rubha Ban is noted on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map. The name Oisgill Bay is applied to a broad embayment around NG 133 496; Larn and Larn state that Rubha Ban is at the N end of this feature.
Whittaker locates the wreck at An Ceannaich, Loch Pooltiel; An Ceannaich [name: NG 133 507] is probably to be identified with Rubha Ban.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 April 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 489
Name : CHADWICK
Latitude : 572712
Longitude : 64706
Date Built : 1882
Registration : LONDON
Type : SS (IRON)
Tonnage : 1463
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 75
Beam : 11
Draught : 6m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 2
Loss Month : 7
Loss Year : 1892
Comment : Stranded at An Ceannaich, Loch Pooltiel. Capt. Kemp
Cargo : COAL
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 001913
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.45167,-6.78333
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.45136,-6.78433
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 57.45000,-6.78333
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 5
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : CHADWICK
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 76.2
Beam : 10.7
Draught : 5.5
Tonnage : 1463
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : COAL
Date Sunk : 02/07/1892
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Diver Sighting
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1975
Last Detection Year : 1999
Original Source : Divers
Last Source : Divers
Circumstances of Loss : **PASSAGE GLASGOW FOR ST PETERSBERG. RAN AGROUND IN THICK FOG ON A REEF AT THE FOOT OF A HEADLAND IN OISGILL BAY, NW SKYE. CREW RECOVERED. SLIPPED OFF ROCKS INTO DEEPER WATER AFTER 4 DAYS. (DIVER MAGAZINE DEC'99 & JUN'00).
Surveying Details : **SUNK AT CLANNEACHE, W. SKYE. (DODS) [PRESUMABLY THIS SHOULD READ "AN CEANNAICH"]. NCA.
**8.7.75 WK LOCATED IN 572712N, 064706W. THOUGHT TO BE 19TH CENTURY COLLIER - MUCH COAL LYING NEARBY. POSSIBLY HAD 3 FUNNELS. DEVICE ENGRAVED 'WILSON SINGLE SIGHT CORRECTOR-PATENT NO 933' FOUND ON WK. TO BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER. (S ROBINSON, EDINBURGH) NCA.
**H2887/83 8.4.86 INVESTIGATED BY SMB USING DCS3. NOTHING FOUND. QUANTITIES OF COAL HAVE BEEN WASHED UP ON BEACH AT OISGILL BAY, ACCORDING TO LOCAL KNOWLEDGE. ASSUME WK HAS BROKEN UP. (HMS FOX, HI 166). NCA.
**H1310/88/32 29.6.88 BROKEN UP REMAINS OF COLLIER CHADWICK LIES IN 572706N, 064700W [OGB]. DIVERS IDENTIFIED IT BY NAME FOUND ON PART OF THE BOW SECTION. (M JOHNSON). CLOSE INSHORE. NCA.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**29.11.99 WK LIES INVERTED IN 15-25MTRS OF WATER. HULL COLLAPSED. BOW WELL TWISTED AND BROKEN. (DIVER MAGAZINE DEC'99, PHOTOS).
General Comments : INVERTED
Charting Comments : EXISTING SCALES TOO SMALL
Date Last Amended : 18/03/2009
Date Position Last Amended : 29/06/1988
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 065381
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.45333,-6.78500
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.45302,-6.78599
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 57.45333,-6.78500
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : -1
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1975
Original Source : Other
Surveying Details : **8.7.75 WK IN 572712N, 064706W, THOUGHT TO BE 19TH CENTURY COLLIER (SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF COAL IN VICINITY), POSSIBLY HAD 3 FUNNELS, A DEVICE ENGRAVED 'WILSON SINGLE-SIGHT CORRECTOR NO.933', FOUND ON WK. FURTHER INVESTIGATION TO TAKE PLACE. (MR S ROBINSON, EDINBURGH). SEE [1913].
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**23.12.04 DATA RE-ASSESSED. AMENDED TO DEAD.
General Comments : [SEE 1913]
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 18/03/2009
Date Position Last Amended : 18/03/2009
