Maid Of Lorne: The Stirks, Sound Of Mull
Steamship (19th Century)
Site Name Maid Of Lorne: The Stirks, Sound Of Mull
Classification Steamship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Maid Of Lorn; Auliston Point; Big Stirk; Little Stirk; Iona; Eilean Ura
Canmore ID 193243
Site Number NM55NW 8014
NGR NM 534 576
NGR Description NM c. 534 576
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM55NW 8014 c. 534 576
N56 38.7 W6 14
NLO: Big Stirk [name: NM 534 578]
Little Stirk [name: NM 533 575]
Auliston Point [name: NM 547 581]
Sound of Mull [name centred NM 58 46]
Iona [name: NM 27 24].
MAID of LORNE ashore on the Stirks [Big Stirk: NM 534 578; Little Stirk: NM 533 575]. Crew safe. Vessel refloated.
Source: Oban Times, April 1896.
The available account suggests that the vessel was recovered, leaving no remains at the point of stranding.
The loss of this vessel is oit cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 August 2001.
