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Supply: Kilfillan, Luce Sands, Luce Bay, Solway Firth
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Supply: Kilfillan, Luce Sands, Luce Bay, Solway Firth
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Stairhaven; Supply
Canmore ID 124255
Site Number NX25SW 8005
NGR NX 20 54
NGR Description NX c. 20 54
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/124255
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Maritime - Dumfries And Galloway
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NX25SW 8005 c. 20 54
N54 51 W4 48
NLO: Kilfillan [name: NX 204 546]
Luce Bay [name centred NX 20 45]
Luce Sands [name centred NX 167 547]
Stairhaven [name: NX 209 537].
Possibly on map sheets or NX15SW.
Location formerly entered as NX 2000 5470 (N54 51.2 W4 48.2).
10 February 1874, SUPPLY, of Stornoway, brig, 175 tons, Official No. 13,775, Master John Macdonald, departed Archangel for Stornoway and Liverpool, 8 crew, carrying 1,414 barrels of tar. Departed Stornoway, remained wind-bound in Scalpay for nine weeks, stranded in Luce Bay, Wigtownshire. Inquiry held at Stornoway.
Table 42: Statement of Official Inquiries in the United Kingdom into the Causes of Wrecks, Casualties, and Collisions, held by Order of the Board of Trade during the Year 1873-4.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1873 - 74 (1875 [C.1260] LXX.161).
Stranraer, 13th Feb., 3.30 p.m., the SUPPLY, of Stornoway, McDonald, for Liverpool, laden with tar, is ashore at Stairhaven, Luce bay: bottom and side much damaged.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, Lloyd's List and Commercial Daily Chronicle, No. 18,664, London, Saturday February 14 1874.
Stranraer, 14th Feb., the SUPPLY (brig), of Stornoway, from Archangel to Liverpool, with tar, is ashore at Stairhaven, Luce bay, and is making a good deal of water.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, Lloyd's List and Commercial Daily Chronicle, No. 18,666, London, Tuesday February 17 1874.
Stranraer, 15th Feb., the SUPPLY, McDonald, from Archangel to Liverpool, which stranded, 10th Feb., at Stairhaven, is seriously damaged and fills with the tide: all the sails and part of the spars and gear have been saved: the salvage of cargo depends entirely on the weather.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, Lloyd's List and Commercial Daily Chronicle, No. 18,667, London, Wednesday February 18 1874.
Stranraer, 27th Feb., the hull and materials of the SUPPLY, McDonald, from Archangel to Liverpool, which was stranded in Luce bay, 10th Feb., were sold by auction, yesterday, for £143: about 150 barrels of tar have been saved, and will be forwarded to Liverpool.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, Lloyd's List and Commercial Daily Chronicle, No. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2481).
(Classified as brig, with tar and oilcake: date of loss cited as 10 February 1874). Supply: this vessel was wrecked at Kilfillan, Luce Bay. Capt McDonald.
Registration: Stornoway. Built 1847. 368 tons register. Length: 25m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N54 51.50 W4 48.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 December 2001.
Loss (10 February 1874)
10 February 1874, SUPPLY, of Stornoway, brig, 175 tons, Official No. 13,775, Master John Macdonald, departed Archangel for Stornoway and Liverpool, 8 crew, carrying 1,414 barrels of tar. Departed Stornoway, remained wind-bound in Scalpay for nine weeks, stranded in Luce Bay, Wigtownshire. Inquiry held at Stornoway.
Table 42: Statement of Official Inquiries in the United Kingdom into the Causes of Wrecks, Casualties, and Collisions, held by Order of the Board of Trade during the Year 1873-4.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1873 - 74 (1875 [C.1260] LXX.161).
Stranraer, 13th Feb., 3.30 p.m., the SUPPLY, of Stornoway, McDonald, for Liverpool, laden with tar, is ashore at Stairhaven, Luce bay: bottom and side much damaged.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, Lloyd's List and Commercial Daily Chronicle, No. 18,664, London, Saturday February 14 1874.
Stranraer, 14th Feb., the SUPPLY (brig), of Stornoway, from Archangel to Liverpool, with tar, is ashore at Stairhaven, Luce bay, and is making a good deal of water.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, Lloyd's List and Commercial Daily Chronicle, No. 18,666, London, Tuesday February 17 1874.
Stranraer, 15th Feb., the SUPPLY, McDonald, from Archangel to Liverpool, which stranded, 10th Feb., at Stairhaven, is seriously damaged and fills with the tide: all the sails and part of the spars and gear have been saved: the salvage of cargo depends entirely on the weather.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, Lloyd's List and Commercial Daily Chronicle, No. 18,667, London, Wednesday February 18 1874.
Stranraer, 27th Feb., the hull and materials of the SUPPLY, McDonald, from Archangel to Liverpool, which was stranded in Luce bay, 10th Feb., were sold by auction, yesterday, for £143: about 150 barrels of tar have been saved, and will be forwarded to Liverpool.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, Lloyd's List and Commercial Daily Chronicle, No. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2481).
(Classified as brig, with tar and oilcake: date of loss cited as 10 February 1874). Supply: this vessel was wrecked at Kilfillan, Luce Bay. Capt McDonald.
Registration: Stornoway. Built 1847. 368 tons register. Length: 25m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N54 51.50 W4 48.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (19 December 2001)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 December 2001.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9085
Name : SUPPLY
Latitude : 545130
Longitude : 44800
Date Built : 1847
Registration : STORNOWAY
Type : BRIG
Tonnage : 368
Tonnage Code : R
Length : 25
Beam : 6
Loss Day : 10
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1874
Comment : Wrecked at Kilfillan, Luce Bay. Capt. McDonald
Cargo : TAR, OILCAKE
