James A Wright: Baleshare, North Uist, Atlantic
Ship (19th Century)
Site Name James A Wright: Baleshare, North Uist, Atlantic
Classification Ship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) James A. Wright; Balshave Island; Baleshare Island; Baile Sear; James A Wright
Canmore ID 213832
Site Number NF76SE 8001
NGR NF 78 61
NGR Description NF c. 78 61
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Western Isles
- Parish Maritime - Western Isles
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NF76SE 8001 c. 78 61
N57 31 W7 23
NLO: Baleshare [name centred NF 788 611]
North Uist [name centred NF 85 72].
Possibly on map sheet NF75NE.
17 November 1877, JAMES A. WRIGHT, 9 yrs old, of USA, wooden ship, 1,273 tons, 18 crew, Master S. H. Morrison, Owner J. W. Marr, Bath, Me., departed Liverpool for Tybee Island, USA, in ballast, wind SW, stranded, Balshare Island, off N. Uist, Hebrides.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1877 - 78 (1878-79 [C.2314] LXIV.395).
Lochmaddy, N. Uist, 19th Nov., 11 a.m., the ship JAMES A. WRIGHT, from Liverpool to Savonias (?South West Pass), in ballast, drove ashore on the West side of North Uist on Saturday and lies in a precarious state: crew safe: severe Westerly gales: sails nearly all lost.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 19,835, London, Tuesday November 20 1877.
Glasgow, 18th Dec., the JAMES A. WRIGHT, from Liverpool to Savannah in ballast, which went ashore on N. Uist during the gale of 17th Nov., has been sold. [Report received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 2840).
(Classified as wooden [full-rigged] ship, in ballast: date of loss cited as 17 November 1877). James A Wright: this vessel stranded [on] Balshave (?Baleshare) Island. Capt. Morrison.
Registration: American. Built 1868. 1273 [tons unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N57 32.0 W7 23.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
The name Baleshare applies to an extensive area of sand-dunes at the SW corner of North Uist, on the Atlantic coast.Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 July 2008.
Loss (17 November 1877)
17 November 1877, JAMES A. WRIGHT, 9 yrs old, of USA, wooden ship, 1,273 tons, 18 crew, Master S. H. Morrison, Owner J. W. Marr, Bath, Me., departed Liverpool for Tybee Island, USA, in ballast, wind SW, stranded, Balshare Island, off N. Uist, Hebrides.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1877 - 78 (1878-79 [C.2314] LXIV.395).
Lochmaddy, N. Uist, 19th Nov., 11 a.m., the ship JAMES A. WRIGHT, from Liverpool to Savonias (?South West Pass), in ballast, drove ashore on the West side of North Uist on Saturday and lies in a precarious state: crew safe: severe Westerly gales: sails nearly all lost.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 19,835, London, Tuesday November 20 1877.
Glasgow, 18th Dec., the JAMES A. WRIGHT, from Liverpool to Savannah in ballast, which went ashore on N. Uist during the gale of 17th Nov., has been sold. [Report received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 2840).
(Classified as wooden [full-rigged] ship, in ballast: date of loss cited as 17 November 1877). James A Wright: this vessel stranded [on] Balshave (?Baleshare) Island. Capt. Morrison.
Registration: American. Built 1868. 1273 [tons unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N57 32.0 W7 23.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (30 July 2008)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
The name Baleshare applies to an extensive area of sand-dunes at the SW corner of North Uist, on the Atlantic coast.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 July 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5450
Name : JAMES A WRIGHT
Latitude : 573200
Longitude : 72300
Date Built : 1868
Registration : AMERICAN
Type : SHIP (WOOD)
Tonnage : 1273
Loss Day : 17
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1877
Comment : Stranded Balshave Island (Baleshare ?). Capt. Morrison
Cargo : BALLAST
Project (2013 - 2015)
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