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Union: Loch Bay, Skye, Little Minch
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Union: Loch Bay, Skye, Little Minch
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Union
Canmore ID 250299
Site Number NG25NE 8001
NGR NG 26 55
NGR Description NG c. 26 55
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/250299
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG25NE 8001 c. 26 55
N57 30 W6 34
NLO: Loch Bay [name centred NG 260 555]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Possibly on map sheet NG25SE.
22 December 1898 UNION, 54 years, of Belfast. Wood schooner, 50 ton, 3 men, master T. Mulligan. Owner T. Mulligan & A. McLellan, Mallaig. Moored in Loch Bay, Isle of Skye. Ballast. Wind S10. Loch Bay, Island of Skye. Casualties involving total loss of vessel during year end 30 June 1899.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours, of UK July 1898-99 (1900 [Cd. 318] LXXVII.531).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 738).
(Classified as wooden schooner, in ballast: date of loss cited as 22 December 1898). Union: this vessel stranded at Loch Bay, Skye. Capt. Mulligan.
Registration: Belfast. Bult 1844. 50 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N57 30.50 W6 35.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 September 2003.
Loss (22 December 1898)
22 December 1898 UNION, 54 years, of Belfast. Wood schooner, 50 ton, 3 men, master T. Mulligan. Owner T. Mulligan & A. McLellan, Mallaig. Moored in Loch Bay, Isle of Skye. Ballast. Wind S10. Loch Bay, Island of Skye. Casualties involving total loss of vessel during year end 30 June 1899.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours, of UK July 1898-99 (1900 [Cd. 318] LXXVII.531).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 738).
(Classified as wooden schooner, in ballast: date of loss cited as 22 December 1898). Union: this vessel stranded at Loch Bay, Skye. Capt. Mulligan.
Registration: Belfast. Bult 1844. 50 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N57 30.50 W6 35.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (16 September 2003)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 September 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3270
Name : UNION
Latitude : 573030
Longitude : 63500
Date Built : 1844
Registration : BELFAST
Type : SCHOONER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 50
Loss Day : 22
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1898
Comment : Stranded Loch Bay, Skye. Capt. Mulligan
Cargo : BALLAST
