Lady Isle: Scarinish Harbour, Tiree, Passage Of Tiree
Puffer (20th Century), Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Lady Isle: Scarinish Harbour, Tiree, Passage Of Tiree
Classification Puffer (20th Century), Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Vic 7; 'approximately 1 Mile Se Of Scarnish'; Scarinish Lighthouse; Atlantic; Lady Isle; Lady Isle (Ex. Vic 7)
Canmore ID 102547
Site Number NM04SW 8001
NGR NM 04638 44465
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102547
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM04SW 8001 0463 4446
N56 29.9667 W6 48.0333
NLO: Tiree [name centred NM 00 45].
Formerly entered as NM04SW 9176.
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Buoyage =
General water depth = 10
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The Clyde puffer, the LADY ISLE, was sunk approximately 1 mile SE of Scarnish [Scarinish].
Source: Dive NW Scotland.
Surveying Details
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The vessel's sinking position is given as 56 29 58N, 006 48 02W.
Source: authority not stated.
26 September 1969. The site was searched for by HMS HECLA's camp party. It was reported by local lobster catchers to lie close to the rock awash 115 degrees, 222 metres from Scarinish light at highwater. Nothing definate was found.
16 July 1991. The wreck lies in about 10 metres.
Source; Dive NW Scotland.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as Iron Puffer: no cargo specified, but former name cited as VIC 7, and date of loss as 10 August 1956). Lady isle: this vessel stranded near Scarinish Light. Also reported all gone, therefore what is this?
Registration: british. Built 1941. 96grt.
(Location of loss cited as N56 29.97 W6 48.03).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Scarinish Harbour (NM04SW 26.00) is centred at NM 0445 4475. The location of Scarinish Light remains unclear.
It remains unclear whether this vessel stranded or sank.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 April 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1985
Name : LADY ISLE (EX. VIC 7)
Latitude : 562958
Longitude : 64802
Date Built : 1941
Registration : BRITISH
Type : PUFFER (IRON)
Tonnage : 96
Tonnage Code : G
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 10
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1956
Comment : Stranded near Scarinish Lt. Also reported AG, therefore what is this?
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002638
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.49944,-6.80056
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.49925,-6.80150
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 6
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : LADY ISLE
Type : CLYDE PUFFER
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 20.3
Beam : 5.6
Draught : 2.6
Tonnage : 96
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 10/08/1956
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1956
Last Detection Year : 1994
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **EX- VIC 7 BUILT 1941 BY R DUNSTER, DONCASTER, OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION, WITH 2 CYLINDER COMPOUND ENGINE OF 130HP, SINGLE SHAFT, 1 BOILER. MACHINERY BY ELLIOT & GARROOD LTD, BECCLES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J L MC CORQUODALE, AYR STRANDED NEAR SCARINISH LT WHILE TRYING TO ENTER SCARINISH HBR. ABANDONED AS SALVAGE ATTEMPTS TO REFLOAT FAILED. (OFF SCOTLAND, DIVE NW SCOTLAND, ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS, & SIBI)
**ONE REPORT SUGGESTS VESSEL WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REFLOATED AND FINALLY BROKEN UP AT NORTH QUEENSFERRY IN 1986. (SHIPWRECKS OF THE W COAST OF SCOTLAND).
Surveying Details : **SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 562958N, 064802W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NCA, POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
**H4974/69 26.9.69 SEARCH BY HECLA'S CAMP PARTY FOR THIS WK. REPD BY LOCAL LOBSTER CATCHERS TO LIE CLOSE TO THE ROCK AWASH 115DEG, 1.2C FROM SCARINISH LT AT HW. NOTHING DEFINITE FOUND. (HECLA SURVEY HOME HI 28C/69).
**16.7.91 LIES IN ABOUT 10MTRS. (DIVE NW SCOTLAND).
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**26.7.08 WRECK HAS BEEN HEAVILY SALVAGED. LIES BETWEEN THE 2 OUTMOST ROCKS ON N SIDE ENTRANCE TO SCARINISH HBR, IN GEN DEPTH 6MTRS. ONLY METAL PLATES & GIRDERS REMAIN IN AMONGST THE KELP BETWEEN THE ROCKS. (ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS, PUBLISHED 1994)
General Comments : ONLY METAL PLATES & GIRDERS REMAIN
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 08/02/2005
