Cathcart Park: Soa Island, Passage Of Tiree
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Cathcart Park: Soa Island, Passage Of Tiree
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cathcartpark; Sheep Island; Torran Rocks; Rorran Rocks; Sheep Rock; 'near Iona'; Mull; Atlantic; Unknown 1866
Canmore ID 118303
Site Number NM21NW 8001
NGR NM 245 193
NGR Description NM c. 245 193
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM21NW 8001 c. 245 193
N56 17.2 W6 27.1
NLO: Soa Island [name: NM 245 193]
Iona [name: NM 27 24]
Torran Rocks [name centred NM 28 13]
Tiree [name centred NM 00 45].
Formerly entered as Site no. 1 at cited location NM 2420 1920 [N56 17 W6 27.4].
Possibly on map shhets NM21NE, or NM21SE.
CATHCART PARK ran on to 'Sheep Island', one of the Torran Rocks near Iona on the morning of Monday last week (15 April 1912). Cargo of salt from Runcorn in Lancashire to Wick. The 11 crew escaped in two boats. Forepart seriously damaged
Source: Oban Times, April 1912.
(Classified as steel steamship, with cargo of salt: date of loss cited as 15 April 1912). Cathcratpark [Cathcart Park]; this vessel stranded on Sheep Rock , Torran Rocks.
Registration: Greenock. Built 1897. 840grt. Length: 63m. Beam: 9m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 14.0 W6 23.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Sheep Island is presumably to be equated with Soa Island, which is situated to the W of the end of the Ross of Mull and to the NW of the widely-dispersed Torran Rocks.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 May 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2742
Name : CATHCARTPARK
Latitude : 561400
Longitude : 62300
Date Built : 1897
Registration : GREENOCK
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 840
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 63
Beam : 9
Draught : 4m
Loss Day : 15
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1912
Comment : Stranded on Sheep Rock, Torran Rocks.
Cargo : SALT
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11662
Name : UNKNOWN 1866
Latitude : 561800
Longitude : 62700
Loss Day : 5
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1866
Comment : Disappeared off the west side of Iona
Project (2013 - 2015)
Project SAMPHIRE was designed to bring professional marine archaeological expertise into local maritime communities. The central focus of the project was to record the unique knowledge of maritime cultural heritage sites on the seabed (and intertidal zone) that is held within local communities. This was done through a programme of face-to-face community engagement, allowing knowledge exchange in both directions. The reported sites were then investigated by the SAMPHIRE Project team with the maximum involvement of local community members at every level, including fieldwork and desk-based research. The project aimed to foster a wider understanding of and interest in local maritime heritage and to promote the stewardship of this valuable local resource.
