Lady Helen Stewart: Port Logan Bay, Rhinns Of Galloway, North Channel
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Lady Helen Stewart: Port Logan Bay, Rhinns Of Galloway, North Channel
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Port Nessock; Portlogan; Mull Of Logan; Rhins Of Galloway; Irish Sea; Lady Helen Stewart
Canmore ID 123636
Site Number NX04SE 8015
NGR NX 09 40
NGR Description NX c. 09 40
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Maritime - Dumfries And Galloway
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NX04SE 8015 c. 09 40
N54 43 W4 58
NLO: Port Nessock or Port Logan Bay [name centred NX 091 408].
Port Logan [name: NX 096 403]
Mull of Logan [name: NX 074 417]
Mull of Galloway [name: NX 157 302].
Possibly on map sheet NX03NE.
Formerly entered as NX04SE 8108 at cited location NX 0940 4090 (N54 43.06 W4 57.08).
21 March 1859, LADY HELEN STEWART, 20 yrs old, sloop, 22 tons, 2 crew, carrying coals, stranded, total loss, 1 life lost, wind NNW5, Port Logan, Wigton.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1859 (1860 [2623] LX.501).
21 March 1859, LADY HELEN STEWART, having lost her rudder, part of her rigging, &c., was driven into Port Logan Harbour, and became a wreck. William McCracken and James McCredie went out in a boat to rescue the masteer and a seaman, who had taken refuge in the rigging, when the boat capsized , and Mr McCredie was drowned. Mr McCracken would have shared the same fate but for prompt assistance afforded him. Two rocket lines were thrown over the vessel, but the men were unable to secure them, and a fishing boat was then manned by James McAllister, Archibald Herriet, and four others, who, at considerable risk, succeeded in taking them off in a very exhausted state.
Awards out of the Mercantile Marine Fund: William McCracken, Stranraer (brother of the Master of the LADY HELEN STEWART) £5, Mary Lang (widow of James McCredie) £20, James McAllister (coastguard) 10s, Archibald Herriet (coastguard) 10s, William Torrence (fisherman) 10s, John McBryde (fisherman) 10s, John Gibson (fisherman) 10s, George Cook (fisherman) 10s.[record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2027).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 23 March 1859). Lady Helen Stewart: this vessel stranded at Port Logan Bay.
Registration: Stranraer. Built 1842. 22 tons burthern. Length: 12m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N54 43.50 W4 58.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The date of loss cited in the primary account is preferred over that cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 October 2003.
Loss (21 March 1859)
21 March 1859, LADY HELEN STEWART, 20 yrs old, sloop, 22 tons, 2 crew, carrying coals, stranded, total loss, 1 life lost, wind NNW5, Port Logan, Wigton.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1859 (1860 [2623] LX.501).
21 March 1859, LADY HELEN STEWART, having lost her rudder, part of her rigging, &c., was driven into Port Logan Harbour, and became a wreck. William McCracken and James McCredie went out in a boat to rescue the masteer and a seaman, who had taken refuge in the rigging, when the boat capsized , and Mr McCredie was drowned. Mr McCracken would have shared the same fate but for prompt assistance afforded him. Two rocket lines were thrown over the vessel, but the men were unable to secure them, and a fishing boat was then manned by James McAllister, Archibald Herriet, and four others, who, at considerable risk, succeeded in taking them off in a very exhausted state.
Awards out of the Mercantile Marine Fund: William McCracken, Stranraer (brother of the Master of the LADY HELEN STEWART) £5, Mary Lang (widow of James McCredie) £20, James McAllister (coastguard) 10s, Archibald Herriet (coastguard) 10s, William Torrence (fisherman) 10s, John McBryde (fisherman) 10s, John Gibson (fisherman) 10s, George Cook (fisherman) 10s.[record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2027).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 23 March 1859). Lady Helen Stewart: this vessel stranded at Port Logan Bay.
Registration: Stranraer. Built 1842. 22 tons burthern. Length: 12m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N54 43.50 W4 58.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (17 October 2003)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The date of loss cited in the primary account is preferred over that cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 October 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9012
Name : LADY HELEN STEWART
Latitude : 544330
Longitude : 45800
Date Built : 1842
Registration : STRANRAER
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 22
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 12
Beam : 4
Loss Day : 23
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1859
Comment : Stranded at Port Logan Bay
