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Eleanor And Jane: Sea Of The Hebrides
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Eleanor And Jane: Sea Of The Hebrides
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Loch Broom'
Canmore ID 252379
Site Number NH09NE 8003
NGR NH
NGR Description Unlocated
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/252379
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH09NE 8003 unlocated
NLO: Loch Broom [name centred NH 10 93].
Formerly entered as NH09NW 8004 (unlocated).
29 November 1887. ELEANOR AND JANE. 31 years of Carnarvon. Wood schooner. 89 ton. 4 crew. Master O. Williams. Owner J. Elias, Port Dinorwic. Carnarvon to Sunderland. Slates. Wind SSW1. Off Loch Broom, Cromartyshire.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1887-88 (1889 [C.5730] LXIX.597).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1668).
(Classified as wooden schooner, with cargo of slates: date of loss cited as 29 November 1887). Eleanor & Jane: this vessel foundered off Loch Broom. Capt. Williams.
Registration: Caernarvon. Built 1856. 110nrt. Length: 26m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 56.0 W5 15.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 November 2007.
