Ella: Lagavulin Bay, Islay, Atlantic
Cutter (19th Century)
Site Name Ella: Lagavulin Bay, Islay, Atlantic
Classification Cutter (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Islay Island; Logavulin; Ella
Canmore ID 220650
Site Number NR44NW 8010
NGR NR 403 456
NGR Description NR c. 403 456
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR44NW 8010 c. 403 456
N55 38.1 W6 7.6
NLO: Lagavulin Bay [name centred NR 407 451]
Islay [name centred NR 38 60].
21 September 1890. ELLA. About 23 years. Not reg. Wood yacht (cutter). 5 ton. None on board. Master and owner D. McMillan, Logavulin [Lagavulin], Islay. Lying in Logavulin [Lagavulin] Bay. Ballast. Wind SE9. Logavulin [Lagavulin] Bay, Islay.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1890-91 (1892 [C.6717] LXXI.495).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1433).
(Classified as wooden cutter, in ballast: date of loss cited as 21 September 1890). Ella: this vessel stranded [in] Lagavulin Bay, Islay.
Not registered. Built 1867. Length: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 38.00 W6 7.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The statement by Whittaker that this vessel stranded remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 November 2003.
Loss (21 September 1890)
21 September 1890. ELLA. About 23 years. Not reg. Wood yacht (cutter). 5 ton. None on board. Master and owner D. McMillan, Logavulin [Lagavulin], Islay. Lying in Logavulin [Lagavulin] Bay. Ballast. Wind SE9. Logavulin [Lagavulin] Bay, Islay.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1890-91 (1892 [C.6717] LXXI.495).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1433).
(Classified as wooden cutter, in ballast: date of loss cited as 21 September 1890). Ella: this vessel stranded [in] Lagavulin Bay, Islay.
Not registered. Built 1867. Length: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 38.00 W6 7.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (14 November 2003)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The statement by Whittaker that this vessel stranded remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 November 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4074
Name : ELLA
Latitude : 553800
Longitude : 60700
Date Built : 1867
Registration : Not Registered
Type : CUTTER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 5
Loss Day : 21
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1890
Comment : Stranded Lagavulin Bay, Islay
Cargo : BALLAST