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John: Salen Bay, Loch Sunart
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name John: Salen Bay, Loch Sunart
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Salem Bay, Sound Of Mull'; John
Canmore ID 255389
Site Number NM66SE 8003
NGR NM 690 639
NGR Description NM c. 690 639
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/255389
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM66SE 8003 c. 690 639
N56 42.6 W5 46.5
NLO: Salen Bay [name: NM 690 639]
Sound of Mull [name centred NM 58 46]
Loch Sunart [name centred NM 75 60].
Tobermory, 10th Sept. The JOHN (smack) of Rush, port of Dublin, Herbert, from Orkney to Dublin, with herrings, got ashore in Salem Bay, Mull, on the night of 6th Sept.: cargo discharging.
Source: LL, No. 14,802, London, Friday, September 13 1861.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10121).
(Classified as smack, with cargo of herring: date of loss cited as 6 September 1861). John: this vessel stranded in Salem Bay, Sound of Mull. Capt. Herbert. Registration: Rush.
(Location of loss cited as N56 31.5 W5 57.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location of this loss may be tentatively identified as Salen Bay, Loch Sunart. Salem Bay, Sound of Mull cannot be identified from the available map evidence.
The vessel was probably registered at Rush, Co Dublin, as it sailed from Rush, Port of Dublin.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 March 2004.
Loss (6 September 1861)
Tobermory, 10th Sept. The JOHN (smack) of Rush, port of Dublin, Herbert, from Orkney to Dublin, with herrings, got ashore in Salem Bay, Mull, on the night of 6th Sept.: cargo discharging.
Source: LL, No. 14,802, London, Friday, September 13 1861.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10121).
(Classified as smack, with cargo of herring: date of loss cited as 6 September 1861). John: this vessel stranded in Salem Bay, Sound of Mull. Capt. Herbert. Registration: Rush.
(Location of loss cited as N56 31.5 W5 57.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (9 March 2004)
The location of this loss may be tentatively identified as Salen Bay, Loch Sunart. Salem Bay, Sound of Mull cannot be identified from the available map evidence.
The vessel was probably registered at Rush, Co Dublin, as it sailed from Rush, Port of Dublin.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 March 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11200
Name : JOHN
Latitude : 563130
Longitude : 55700
Registration : RUSH
Type : SMACK
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1861
Comment : Stranded in Salem Bay, Sound of Mull. Capt. Herbert
Cargo : HERRING
