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Crest: A' Chabag, Loch Sealg, Lewis, North Minch
Ketch (20th Century)
Site Name Crest: A' Chabag, Loch Sealg, Lewis, North Minch
Classification Ketch (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Mouth Of Loch Shell'; Kebock Head; Loch Odhairn; Isle Of Lewis; Crest
Canmore ID 220756
Site Number NB41SW 8001
NGR NB 427 138
NGR Description NB c. 427 138
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
NB41SW 8001 c. 427 138
N58 2.3 W6 21.6
NLO: Loch Sealg [name centred NB 340 105]
Loch Odhairn [name centred NB 415 146]
A' Chabag [name: NB 427 138] .
Formerly entered as NB31SE 8001 at cited location NB c. 36 10 [N58 0 W6 28].
(Classified as wooden ketch, in ballast: date of loss cited as 18 April 1903). Crest: this vessel stranded on Kebock Head, Lewis. Capt. Kerr.
Registration: Stornoway. Built 1862. 47grt. Length: 18m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 2.33 W6 21.5).
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. Kebock Head is not noted as such on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,00 map, but is apparently to be equated with the headland of A' Chabag on the E coast of Lewis, immediately S of the mouth of Loch Odhairn.
The entrance to Loch Sealg (Loch Shell) is ill-defined.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 August 2002.
Loss (18 April 1903)
(Classified as wooden ketch, in ballast: date of loss cited as 18 April 1903). Crest: this vessel stranded on Kebock Head, Lewis. Capt. Kerr.
Registration: Stornoway. Built 1862. 47grt. Length: 18m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 2.33 W6 21.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (29 August 2002)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. Kebock Head is not noted as such on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,00 map, but is apparently to be equated with the headland of A' Chabag on the E coast of Lewis, immediately S of the mouth of Loch Odhairn.
The entrance to Loch Sealg (Loch Shell) is ill-defined.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 August 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4741
Name : CREST
Latitude : 580220
Longitude : 62130
Date Built : 1862
Registration : STORNOWAY
Type : KETCH (WOOD)
Tonnage : 47
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 18
Beam : 4
Loss Day : 18
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1903
Comment : Stranded Kebock Hd, Lewis. Capt. Kerr
Cargo : BALLAST