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Susan: Ornsay, Sound Of Sleat
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Susan: Ornsay, Sound Of Sleat
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Skye; 'isle Of Orkney (Skye)'; 'isle Oransay Harbour'; Ornsay Harbour; Atlantic; Sea Of The Hebrides; Susan
Canmore ID 247301
Site Number NG71SW 8004
NGR NG 710 127
NGR Description NG c. 710 127
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/247301
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG71SW 8004 c. 710 127
N57 8.9 W5 47.2
NLO: Ornsay [name centred NG 710 127]
Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Wrecked, 1 April 1850, SUSAN, Liverpool to Honeyburgh, cargo = salt, Isle of Orkney (Skye). Struck small island outside and sunk. Lloyds List 9 April 1850.
Source: PP British Sessional Papers. Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of UK 1850 and 1851 (1852 (XLIX.503)).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 142).
(No classification specified: cargo cited as salt, and date of loss cited as 1 April 1850). Susan: this vessel struck a small rock outside Isle Oransay [Ornsay] Hbr and sank. Capt. Halliday.
(Location of loss cited as N57 8.0 W5 48.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map notes Harbour [NAT] around NG 705 128, between Ornsay island and the SE part of the isle of Skye.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 July 2003.
Loss (1 April 1850)
Wrecked, 1 April 1850, SUSAN, Liverpool to Honeyburgh, cargo = salt, Isle of Orkney (Skye). Struck small island outside and sunk. Lloyds List 9 April 1850.
Source: PP British Sessional Papers. Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of UK 1850 and 1851 (1852 (XLIX.503)).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 142).
(No classification specified: cargo cited as salt, and date of loss cited as 1 April 1850). Susan: this vessel struck a small rock outside Isle Oransay [Ornsay] Hbr and sank. Capt. Halliday.
(Location of loss cited as N57 8.0 W5 48.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (23 July 2003)
NLO: Ornsay [name centred NG 710 127]
Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Note (23 July 2003)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map notes Harbour [NAT] around NG 705 128, between Ornsay island and the SE part of the isle of Skye.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 July 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4578
Name : SUSAN
Latitude : 570800
Longitude : 54800
Loss Day : 1
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1850
Comment : Struck a small island outside Isle Oransay Hbr and sank. Capt. Halliday
Cargo : SALT
