Midas: Kilmory Bay, Rum, Sound Of Rum, Sea Of The Hebrides
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Midas: Kilmory Bay, Rum, Sound Of Rum, Sea Of The Hebrides
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Rhum; Sound Of Rhum; Midas
Canmore ID 119354
Site Number NG30SE 8001
NGR NG 363 041
NGR Description NG c. 363 041
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/119354
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG30SE 8001 c. 363 041
N57 3.1 W6 20.9
NLO: Kilmory [name: NG 361 036]
Rum [name centred NM 36 99]
Sound of Rum [name centred NM 41 89].
Formerly entered as NG30SE 54 at cited location NG 3608 0476 [N57 3.5 W6 21].
Date of loss formerly entered in error as 17 December 1916.
27 December 1896, MIDAS, 26 years, of Norway. Wood barque. 823 ton. 14 men. Master M. Eriksen. Owner A.O. Lindvig, Krageroe, Norway. Londonderry to Sapels, USA. Ballast. Wind NW9. Island of Rum, Hebrides.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1896-97 (1898 [C.8917] LXXXVIII.401).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 917).
(Classified as wooden barque, in ballast: date of loss cited as 27 December 1896). Midas: this vessel stranded on Rhum, at Kilmory. Capt. Eriksen.
Registration: Kragero. Built 1870. 884grt. Length: 52m. Beam: 11m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 3.33 W6 21.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. That cited by Whittaker falls in deeper water.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 March 2008.
Loss (27 December 1916)
27 December 1896, MIDAS, 26 years, of Norway. Wood barque. 823 ton. 14 men. Master M. Eriksen. Owner A.O. Lindvig, Krageroe, Norway. Londonderry to Sapels, USA. Ballast. Wind NW9. Island of Rum, Hebrides.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1896-97 (1898 [C.8917] LXXXVIII.401).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 917).
(Classified as wooden barque, in ballast: date of loss cited as 27 December 1896). Midas: this vessel stranded on Rhum, at Kilmory. Capt. Eriksen.
Registration: Kragero. Built 1870. 884grt. Length: 52m. Beam: 11m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 3.33 W6 21.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (16 July 1997)
NLO: Kilmory [name: NG 361 036]
Rum [name centred NM 36 99]
Sound of Rum [name centred NM 41 89].
Formerly entered as NG30SE 54 at cited location NG 3608 0476 [N57 3.5 W6 21].
Date of loss formerly entered in error as 17 December 1916.
Note (3 March 2008)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. That cited by Whittaker falls in deeper water.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 March 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6320
Name : MIDAS
Latitude : 570320
Longitude : 62100
Date Built : 1870
Registration : KRAGERO
Type : BARQUE (WOOD)
Tonnage : 884
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 52
Beam : 11
Draught : 6m
Loss Day : 27
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1896
Comment : Stranded on Rhum at Kilmory. Capt. Eriksen
Cargo : BALLAST
