Henry And William Allan: Ornsay Harbour, Sound Of Sleat
Brigantine (19th Century)
Site Name Henry And William Allan: Ornsay Harbour, Sound Of Sleat
Classification Brigantine (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Henry And William; Henry & William Allan; Isle Ornsay Harbour; Skye; Atlantic; Sea Of The Hebrides
Canmore ID 259702
Site Number NG71SW 8005
NGR NG 705 128
NGR Description NG c. 705 128
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG71SW 8005 c. 705 128
N57 8.9 W5 47.7
NLO: Ornsay [name centred NG 710 127]
Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
See also NG71SW 8006.
Location formerly entered as NG c. 710 127 [N57 8.9 W5 47.2].
Isle Ornsay, 23d Sept. 'Yesterday evening a heavy gale came on suddenly form the South. Four vessels in attempting the harbor, struck on the rocks at the back of the Island. Two of them got off immediately, but the HENRY & WILLIAM ALLAN, from Aberdeen, for Corpack [Corpach], is totally wrecked, and the ELIZA, McClure, from Orkney to Glasgow, it is feared will share the same fate, as the gale continues.' [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7089).
(Classified as brigantine: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 22 September 1835). Henry & William; this vessel was wrecked at Isle Ornsay. Capt. Allan.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1818. 82 tons burthern. Length: 17m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 8.00 W5 47.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Ornsay harbour is presumably the area between Ornsay (to the SE) and the island of Skye (to the W and NW). The 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map notes Harbour [NAT] around NG 705 128.
The variant of this vessel's name that is cited in the primary account is preferred.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 June 2004.
Loss (22 September 1835)
Isle Ornsay, 23d Sept. 'Yesterday evening a heavy gale came on suddenly form the South. Four vessels in attempting the harbor, struck on the rocks at the back of the Island. Two of them got off immediately, but the HENRY & WILLIAM ALLAN, from Aberdeen, for Corpack [Corpach], is totally wrecked, and the ELIZA, McClure, from Orkney to Glasgow, it is feared will share the same fate, as the gale continues.' [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7089).
(Classified as brigantine: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 22 September 1835). Henry & William; this vessel was wrecked at Isle Ornsay. Capt. Allan.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1818. 82 tons burthern. Length: 17m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 8.00 W5 47.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (9 June 2004)
NLO: Ornsay [name centred NG 710 127]
Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
See also NG71SW 8006.
Location formerly entered as NG c. 710 127 [N57 8.9 W5 47.2].
Note (9 June 2004)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Ornsay harbour is presumably the area between Ornsay (to the SE) and the island of Skye (to the W and NW). The 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map notes Harbour [NAT] around NG 705 128.
The variant of this vessel's name that is cited in the primary account is preferred.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 June 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12718
Name : HENRY & WILLIAM
Latitude : 570800
Longitude : 54700
Date Built : 1818
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : BRIGANTINE
Tonnage : 82
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 17
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 22
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1835
Comment : Wrecked at Isle Ornsay. Capt. Allan
