Rose: Sound Of Raasay
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Rose: Sound Of Raasay
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Between Portree And Raasay'; Rose
Canmore ID 253848
Site Number NG54SW 8002
NGR NG 53 43
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/253848
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG54SW 8002 unlocated
NLO: Isle of Raasay [name centred NG 56 41]
Sound of Raasay [name centred NG 55 55]
Portree [name: NG 483 437].
7th February 1885, ROSE, age unknown, not registered, wooden lugger, unknown tonnage, say 2 tons, 3 crew. Departed Raasay Island for fishing, in ballast. Capsized, 3 lives lost. Wind W squally. Between Portree and Raasay, Co. Inverness.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1884-85 (1887 [C.5094] LXXIV.247).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1991).
(Classified as Lugsail [lugger]: date of loss cited as 7 February 1885). Rose: this vessel capsized between Portree and Raasay.
Not registered. 2 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N57 25.0 W6 6.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 January 2004.
Loss (7 February 1885)
7th February 1885, ROSE, age unknown, not registered, wooden lugger, unknown tonnage, say 2 tons, 3 crew. Departed Raasay Island for fishing, in ballast. Capsized, 3 lives lost. Wind W squally. Between Portree and Raasay, Co. Inverness.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1884-85 (1887 [C.5094] LXXIV.247).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1991).
(Classified as Lugsail [lugger]: date of loss cited as 7 February 1885). Rose: this vessel capsized between Portree and Raasay.
Not registered. 2 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N57 25.0 W6 6.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (27 January 2004)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 January 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 13786
Name : ROSE
Latitude : 572500
Longitude : 60600
Registration : Not Registered
Type : LUGSAIL
Tonnage : 2
Loss Day : 7
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1885
Comment : Capsized between Portree and Raasay.
