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Margaret: Sallachan Point, Loch Linnhe
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Margaret: Sallachan Point, Loch Linnhe
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Corran Narrows; Corran Light; 'opposite Ballachulish'
Canmore ID 255263
Site Number NM96SE 8001
NGR NM 990 614
NGR Description NM c. 990 614
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/255263
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM96SE 8001 c. 990 614
N56 42.1 W5 17
NLO: Sallachan Point [name: NM 990 614]
Loch Linnhe [name centred NM 86 47]
Corran Narrows [name: NN 017 632]
North Ballachulish [name centred NN 055 605]
South Ballachulish [name centred NN 051 950].
15 December 1874, MARGARET, 29 yrs old, of Glasgow, smack, 39 tons, 2 crew, departed Glasgow for Fort William, carrying coal, stranded, partial loss, 2 lives lost, wind NE4, Sallachan Point, near Corran Light.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1874 - 75 (1875 [C.1341] LXX.501).
Fort William, 18th Dec., 3.55 p.m., the MARGARET (smack) was wrecked opposite Ballachulish on the 15th Dec.: crew drowned. The body of the master was recovered and buried today. Full salvage has been effected.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,927, London, Saturday December 19 1874.
Fort William, 19th Dec., the wreck of the MARGARET is nearly discharged. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 2561).
(Classified as smack: no cargo specified but date of loss cited as 15 December 1874). This vessel was wrecked opposite Ballachulish.
I G Whittaker 1998.
