Mandale: Loch Breachacha, Coll, Passage Of Tiree
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Mandale: Loch Breachacha, Coll, Passage Of Tiree
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mandane; Breacheaha; 'near Tobermory, Mull'; Crosspoll; Crossapoll Bay; Atlantic
Canmore ID 118794
Site Number NM15SE 8006
NGR NM 160 530
NGR Description NM c. 160 530
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
NM15SE 8006 c. 160 530
N56 35 W6 37.6
NLO: Loch Breachacha [name centred NM 160 530]
Coll [name centred NM 20 57]
Crossapol [name: NM 127 531]
Crossapol Bay [name centred NM 139 526]
Tobermory [name: NM 505 555]
Tiree [name centred NM 00 45].
Location formerly cited as NM 1600 5300 [N56 34.9 W6 37.5].
Formerly also entered as NM15SW 8008 at cited location NM c. 12 53 [N56 35 W6 41], and also as NM55NW 8020 at cited location NM c. 50 56 [N56 38 W6 5].
19 August 1850, MANDANE, Barque, from Greenock. British goods, N.W. force 10, all 7 crew lost, Isle of Coll, Tobermory. Totally wrecked 7 bodies washed ashore. SHIPPING AND MERCANTILE GAZETTE 23 August 1850. Lloyds List 24 August 1850.
Source: PP British Sessional Papers. Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of UK 1850 and 1851 (1852 (XLIX.503))
Island of Coll, 19th Aug. A ship was totally wrecked on this island this morning, and all on board have perished; some goods have washed on shore in a damaged state, and up to the present time four bodies have been found. Some casks, addressed 'Ship MANDANE, Capt. Hutchison, Broomielaw, Glasgow', have been washed on shore. Mem. The MANDANE, Hutchison, sailed from the Clyde on the 14th Aug., for Demerara.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,364, London, Friday August 23 1850
Glasgow, 24th Aug. The MANDANE, Hutchison, hence to Demerara, was totally lost on the Island of Coll, 20th inst.; crew drowned.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,365, London, Saturday August 24 1850.
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 161).
(Classified as wooden barque, with cargo of cotton, cloths and linen: date of loss cited as 19 July 1850). Mandane: this vessel was wrecked 60 yards off Crosspoll, on the W side of Coll. Capt. Hutchinson. (19/8/1850?)
Registration: Sunderland. Built 1837. 360 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N56 34.0 W6 40.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The name and cargo cited by Whittaker remain unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 January 2007.
