Mary Stuart: Scarinish Harbour, Tiree, Passage Of Tiree
Craft (20th Century), Sailing Vessel (By Form/type) (20th Century)
Site Name Mary Stuart: Scarinish Harbour, Tiree, Passage Of Tiree
Classification Craft (20th Century), Sailing Vessel (By Form/type) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mary Stewart; Scarinish Lighthouse; Atlantic
Canmore ID 102548
Site Number NM04SW 8002
NGR NM 04453 44757
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102548
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM04SW 8002 0445 4476
N56 30.1167 W6 48.2333
NLO: Tiree [name centred NM 00 45].
Formerly entered as NM04SW 9177.
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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26 September 1969. The site lies on the beach at 56 30 07N, 006 48 14W. The vessel will probably disappear by 1975.
Report by HMS HECLA.
8 August 1985. The wreck is shown on a photograph of Scarinish Harbour taken 6 June 1985. It has largely disintegrated but wooden ribs still stand several feet above the general level of the beach.
Report by D Wardle.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as wooden sailing ship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 1938). Mary Stewart: this vessel was laid up at Scarinish Harbour c. 1938, and allowed to go to pieces.
Registration: Ardrossan. Length: 21m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 30.12 W6 48.23).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Scarinish Harbour (NM04SW 26.00) is centred at NM 0445 4475.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 April 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1989
Name : MARY STEWART
Latitude : 563007
Longitude : 64814
Registration : ARDROSSAN
Type : SAILING SHIP (WOOD)
Length : 21
Position : Exact Position
Loss Year : 1938
Comment : Laid-up at Scarinish Harbour circa 1938 and allowed to go to pieces
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002639
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.50175,-6.80483
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.50175,-6.80483
WGS84 Origin : Block Shift
Previous Position : 56.50195,-6.80388
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : -1
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : MARY STEWART
Type : WOODEN SV
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 21.3
Date Sunk : ??/??/1938
Bottom Texture : Sand
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Video Sensor
Last Sensor : Video Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1969
Last Detection Year : 1985
Original Source : Survey Vessel
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **NAME GIVEN AS BOTH MARY STUART & MARY STEWART. RAN AGROUND OR LAID UP ON THE BEACH NEAR SCARINISH HARBOUR ABOUT 1938 AND ALLOWED TO GO TO PIECES. (SHIPWRECKS OF THE W COAST OF SCOTLAND, OFF SCOTLAND)
Surveying Details : **H4974/69 26.9.69 ST LIES ON BEACH IN 563007N, 064814W [OGB]. WILL PROBABLY DISAPPEAR BY 1975. (HMS HECLA, HI 28C/69). INS AS ST. BR STD.
**H5446/83 8.8.85 SHOWN ON PHOTOGRAPH OF SCARINISH HBR TAKEN 6.6.85. LARGELY DISINTEGRATED, BUT WOODEN RIBS STILL STAND SEVERAL FEET ABOVE THE GENERAL LEVEL OF BEACH. (D WARDLE, HN).
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**14.4.08 EUT POSN: 5630.105N, 0648.290W. NE 2474.
Chart Symbol : ST
Date Last Amended : 11/04/2008
Date Position Last Amended : 11/04/2008
