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Farmer: Port Stoth, North Minch
Dandy (19th Century)
Site Name Farmer: Port Stoth, North Minch
Classification Dandy (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Port Sto; Butt Of Lewis; Isle Of Lewis; Rubha Robhanais; Farmer
Canmore ID 217599
Site Number NB56NW 8009
NGR NB 525 659
NGR Description NB c. 525 659
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
NB56NW 8009 c. 525 659
N58 30.7 W6 15
NLO: Port Stoth [name: NB 525 659]
Butt of Lewis [name: NB 519 665].
21 May 1898 FARMER, 37 years, of Lerwick, wood dandy, 39 ton, 3 men. Master W. Irvine. Owner J.M. Aitken. Portnaguiran to Port Stoth. Stones, asphalt, hay and bricks. Wind ESE4. Port Stoth, Island of Lewis.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1897-98 (1899 [C.9384] LXXXVII.409).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 836).
(Classified as wooden dandy, with cargo of stones, asphalt and bricks: date of loss cited as 21 May 1898). Farmer: this vessel stranded at Port Stoth (or Port Sto), Lewis. Capt. Irvine.
Registration: Lerwick. Built 1861. 39grt. Length: 18m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 30.5 W6 15.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 June 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4148
Name : FARMER
Latitude : 583030
Longitude : 61500
Date Built : 1861
Registration : LERWICK
Type : DANDY (WOOD)
Tonnage : 39
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 18
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 21
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1898
Comment : Stranded Port Stoth, Lewis (Port Sto ?). Capt. Irvine
Cargo : STONES, ASPHALT & BRICKS
