Unknown: Lewis, North Minch
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Lewis, North Minch
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Skigersta; Butt Of Lewis; Sgiogarstaigh; Rubha Robhanais; Atlantic
Canmore ID 254950
Site Number NB56SW 8008
NGR NB
NGR Description Unlocated
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- Council Western Isles
- Parish Maritime - Western Isles
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NB56SW 8008 unlocated
NLO: Skigersta [Sgiogarstaigh: NB 548 620]
Butt of Lewis [Rubha Robhanais: NB 519 664].
17th March, 1860, UNKNOWN, fishing boat, lugger, 5 tons, 6 crew, sailed from Skigersta, Butt of Lewis, in ballast, foundered, total loss, 6 lives lost, unknown location, not heard of.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2051).
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary but the location of Skigersta on the E side of the island suggests that she was lost in the North Minch rather than the Atlantic. The loss is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 March 2004
