Minerva: Ullapool, Loch Broom
Ship (19th Century)
Site Name Minerva: Ullapool, Loch Broom
Classification Ship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bay Of Ullapool; North Minch; Minerva
Canmore ID 264048
Site Number NH19SW 8014
NGR NH 12 93
NGR Description NH c. 12 93
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH19SW 8014 c. 12 93
N57 53 W5 10
NLO: Ullapool [name: NH 125 942]
Loch Broom [name centred NH 10 93].
The MINERVA, Sketchley, from Liverpool to New York, which put into Ullapool dismasted, was burnt to the water's edge 4th instant. Cargo destroyed, with the exception of the 20 bales, which were thrown overboard and drifted on shore.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 5262, London, Friday March 13 1818.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5972).
(Classified as [full-rigged] ship, with general cargo : date of loss cited as 4 March 1818). Minerva: this vesseol was destroyed by fire at Ullapool. Registration: New York.
(Location of loss cited as N57 53.5 W5 9.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The classification or rig that is cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 November 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6621
Name : MINERVA
Latitude : 575330
Longitude : 50930
Registration : NEW YORK
Type : SHIP
Loss Day : 4
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1818
Comment : Destroyed by fire at Ullapool.
Cargo : GENERAL
