Harald: Port Ellen, Islay, Loch Leodamais, Atlantic
Sailing Vessel (By Form/type) (20th Century), Ship (20th Century)
Site Name Harald: Port Ellen, Islay, Loch Leodamais, Atlantic
Classification Sailing Vessel (By Form/type) (20th Century), Ship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hornby Castle; Duncan Coupland; Harold; Caolas Eilean Nan Caorach; Mull Of Oa; Mill Of Oa; Rubha Nan Leacan; Harald; Harald (Ex. Hornby Castle, ...)
Canmore ID 102960
Site Number NR33NW 8004
NGR NR 30804 39952
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102960
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR34SE 8001 3695 4456
N55 37.4 W6 10.7333
NLO: Port Ellen [name: NR 363 453]
Caolas Eilean nan Caorach [name centred NR 365 444]
Loch Leodamais [name centred NR 364 450].
Mull of Oa [name: NR 268 414].
Formerly entered as NR34SE 9407 and also as NR35SW 8001 at cited location NR 3157 5350 [N55 34.7 W6 16.3].
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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24 February 1975. The sailing vessel HAROLD was wrecked at Port Ellen, Islay at 55 37 24N, 006 10 44W.
Report taken from a letter by P L Sellars, dated 11 February 1975.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as Sailing Vessel: no cargo or date of loss specified). Unknown: [no further information].
(Location cited as N55 37.40 W6 10.73).
(Classified as iron [full-rigged] ship, with cargo of coal: former names cited as Hornby Castle and Duncan Coupland, and date of loss as 15 August 1909). Harald: this vessel stranded on [the] Mull of Oa. Capt. Aas.
Registration: Norwegian. Built 1877. 1495grt. Length: 71m. Beam: 11m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 34.72 W6 16.37).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Material reported under RoW amnesty (2001):
(Name cited as Harald, Mill [Mull] of Oa)
A124 1 wooden deadeye (from seabed).
NMRS, MS/829/33.
Material reported under RoW amnesty (2001):
A1200 deadeye: from seabed.
NMRS, MS/829/35.
The location assigned to this record remains unverified, but the two entries by Whittaker are equated.
UKHO chart 2168 (1977, amended 1986) notes no wreck at the cited location. [Chart 2474 (inset) is not held].
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 April 2010.
Loss (15 August 1909)
(Classified as Sailing Vessel: no cargo or date of loss specified). Unknown: [no further information].
(Location cited as N55 37.40 W6 10.73).
(Classified as iron [full-rigged] ship, with cargo of coal: former names cited as Hornby Castle and Duncan Coupland, and date of loss as 15 August 1909). Harald: this vessel stranded on [the] Mull of Oa. Capt. Aas.
Registration: Norwegian. Built 1877. 1495grt. Length: 71m. Beam: 11m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 34.72 W6 16.37).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Evidence Of Loss (1995)
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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24 February 1975. The sailing vessel HAROLD was wrecked at Port Ellen, Islay at 55 37 24N, 006 10 44W.
Report taken from a letter by P L Sellars, dated 11 February 1975.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Evidence Of Loss (2001)
Material reported under RoW amnesty (2001):
(Name cited as Harald, Mill [Mull] of Oa)
A124 1 wooden deadeye (from seabed).
NMRS, MS/829/33.
Material reported under RoW amnesty (2001):
A1200 deadeye: from seabed.
NMRS, MS/829/35.
Note (8 April 2010)
The location assigned to this record remains unverified, but the two entries by Whittaker are equated.
UKHO chart 2168 (1977, amended 1986) notes no wreck at the cited location. [Chart 2474 (inset) is not held].
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 April 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2716
Name : HARALD (EX. HORNBY CASTLE, ...)
Latitude : 553443
Longitude : 61622
Date Built : 1877
Registration : NORWEGIAN
Type : SHIP (IRON)
Tonnage : 1495
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 71
Beam : 11
Draught : 7m
Loss Day : 15
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1909
Comment : Stranded on Mull of Oa. Capt. Aas
Cargo : COAL
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 003684
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.57866,-6.27181
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.57861,-6.27278
WGS84 Origin : Original
Previous Position : 55.62333,-6.17888
Position Method : Global Positioning System
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 7
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : HARALD
Type : IRON SAILING VESSEL
Flag : NORWEGIAN
Length : 71.2
Beam : 12.1
Draught : 7.0
Orientation : 45.0
Tonnage : 1435
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : COAL
Date Sunk : 15/08/1909
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1909
Last Detection Year : 1997
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **EX-HORNBY CASTLE, EX-DUNCAN COUPLAND, BUILT 1877 BY T ROYDEN & SONS, LIVERPOOL. PASSAGE CARDIFF FOR SANDEFJORD, NORWAY. RAN AGROUND AT RUBHA NAN LEACAN, THE OA, ISLAY IN FOG. CREW OF 20 & 2 PASSENGERS SAVED. VESSEL WAS ABANDONED AFTER 2 WEEKS, CARGO RECOVERED & WRECK SOLD. (SIBI, OFF SCOTLAND & ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS [PHOTO OF STRANDING])
Surveying Details : **24.2.75 WRECKED AT PORT ELLEN, ISLAY IN 553724N, 061044W. (P L SELLARS, LTR DTD 11.2.75). NCA, POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**12.4.08 DATA RE-ASSESSED. RAN AGROUND 200YDS W OF RUBHA NAN LEACAN, IN 5534.43N, 0616.22W. (SIBI) POSN GIVEN AS 5534.72N, 0616.37W. (OFF SCOTLAND) POSN GIVEN AS 5534.717N, 0616.367W, FIXED BY GPS. LIES NE/SW WITH BOW CLOSE SE OF A PROMINENT ROCK. BOW STANDS 6MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS, REST OF WK SPREAD OVER WIDE AREA IN DEPTHS 3-11MTRS. SITE DIAGRAM. (ARGYLL WRECKS) AMEND POSN TO 5534717N, 0616.367W. NCA, EXISTING SCALES TOO SMALL.
Charting Comments : EXISTING SCALES TOO SMALL
