De Salabery: Fort William Roads, Loch Linnhe
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name De Salabery: Fort William Roads, Loch Linnhe
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Eil
Canmore ID 255283
Site Number NN17SW 8002
NGR NN 10 74
NGR Description NN c. 10 74
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NN17SW 8002 c. 10 74
N56 49 W5 7
NLO: Loch Eil [name centred NN 02 77]
Fort William [name: NN 105 740]
Loch Linnhe [name centred NM 86 47].
Possibly on map sheets or NN17NW.
Fort William, 19th Nov., the DE SALABERY, Crask, from Quebec to Glasgow, with deals, was towed in here on the evening of 17th Nov. by the ARVON (schr.), of and from Carnarvon, for Banff. She reports that on the 15th Nov. she came to anchor off Rhuda Mhail, but parted chain, and had to cut away foremast to avoid going ashore, and on the 17th accepted offer of ARVON to take her in tow. She had previously, on the 3rd and 11th Nov., sustained some damage by shipping heavy seas.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 19,837, London, Thursday November 22 1877.
Corpach, 20th Nov., the DE SALABERY, of South Shields, from Quebec to Greenock, is still in Fort William roads. The master has telegraphed for a [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 4704).
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), suggesting that the vessel was successfully repaired. Fort William Roads are not noted as such on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 March 2004.
