Ville De St Martin: Monach Islands, Atlantic
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Ville De St Martin: Monach Islands, Atlantic
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ville De St. Martin; Heisker Islands; Heisker Or Monach Islands; Theisgeir No Na H-eileanan Monach; North Uist; 'sw Side Of Monach Island'
Canmore ID 213794
Site Number NF66SW 8001
NGR NF 61 61
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/213794
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Maritime - Western Isles
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NF66SW 8001 unlocated
NLO: Heisker or Monach Islands (Theisgeir No Na h-Eileanan Monach): name centred NF 63 63.
[Extend onto map sheet NF56SE]
North Uist [name centred NF 85 72].
Possibly on map sheet or NF66SE.
1 February 1864, VILLE DE ST MARTIN, brig, 126 tons, 6 crew (supposed), stranded, total loss, 6 lives lost, wind W6, SW side of Monach Island, Hebrides.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1864 (1865 [3529] L.439).
Stornoway, 13th Feb. Some boards, deck-beams, casks, spars, and other fragments of wreckage, were found on Monach Isle, North Uist, from the 2nd to the 4th Feb.: they are supposed to be from the VILLE DE ST. MARTIN (Fr. vessel), according to some papers picked up near the spot: 6 dead bodies had also been found on the beach.
Source: LL, No. 15,556, London, Thursday, February 18 1864.
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2209).
(No classification specified: cargo cited as ballast, and date of loss as 2 February 1864). Ville de St Martin: this vessel was wrecked on Monach Island. Capt. Michaud.
Registration: French.
(Location of loss cited as N57 31.0 W7 39.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 31 August 2006.
Loss (2 February 1864)
1 February 1864, VILLE DE ST MARTIN, brig, 126 tons, 6 crew (supposed), stranded, total loss, 6 lives lost, wind W6, SW side of Monach Island, Hebrides.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1864 (1865 [3529] L.439).
Stornoway, 13th Feb. Some boards, deck-beams, casks, spars, and other fragments of wreckage, were found on Monach Isle, North Uist, from the 2nd to the 4th Feb.: they are supposed to be from the VILLE DE ST. MARTIN (Fr. vessel), according to some papers picked up near the spot: 6 dead bodies had also been found on the beach.
Source: LL, No. 15,556, London, Thursday, February 18 1864.
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2209).
(No classification specified: cargo cited as ballast, and date of loss as 2 February 1864). Ville de St Martin: this vessel was wrecked on Monach Island. Capt. Michaud.
Registration: French.
(Location of loss cited as N57 31.0 W7 39.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (31 August 2006)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 31 August 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11442
Name : VILLE DE ST MARTIN
Latitude : 573100
Longitude : 73900
Registration : FRENCH
Loss Day : 2
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1864
Comment : Wrecked on Monach Island. Capt. Michaud
Cargo : BALLAST
