Harmonia: Wiay, Loch Bracadale, Sea Of The Hebrides
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Harmonia: Wiay, Loch Bracadale, Sea Of The Hebrides
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'On The Isle Of Wiay'; Island Of Vinay; 'near Struan, Skye'; Harmonia
Canmore ID 274005
Site Number NG23NE 8002
NGR NG 29 36
NGR Description NG c. 29 36
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG23NE 8002 c. 29 36
N57 20 W6 30
NLO: Loch Bracadale [name centred NG 285 380]
Wiay [name centred NG 295 365]
Struan [name centred NG 344 381]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
See also NG23NE 8001.
Possibly on map sheet NG33NW.
Quebec, 18th Sept. The derelict barque HARMONIA, of and for Aberdeen, from this port, was passed, 6th Sept., in lat 56 N lon 13 W, with loss of foremast, jibboom and three topmastheads, by the NOVA SCOTIAN (s), Watts, arrived here from Liverpool.
Source: LL, No. 17,305, London, Friday, October 1 1869.
Corry-by-Broadford, Isle of Skye, 29th Sept. In the night of the 25th Sept., a large timber-laden ship came ashore on the island of Vinay [Wiay], off Loch Bracadale, on the West coast of this island, and is a total wreck: the cargo, which is strewed about the coast, consists of oak logs, deals and staves, the logs marked C & JS & Co., the planks TJ, and the staves L & E. The vessel appears to have been abandoned at sea some time ago, her decks being covered with slime: one of the winches is marked 'HARMONIA, of Aberdeen, No. 2'.
Source: LL, No. 17,306, London, Saturday, October 2 1869.
Stornoway, 21st Oct. Two oak logs, marked CW and 10 WW, 1 elm log marked M & C11417, 1 fir log marked RMSP, and 40 other logs, marks not ascertained, supposed to belong to the HARMONIA, of Aberdeen, ashore at Loch Bracadale, were picked up at the Island of South Uist, 4th Oct. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11684).
(Classified as wooden barque, with cargo of timber: date of loss cited as 25 September 1859). Harmonia: derelict wrecked on the Isle of Wiay, near Struan, Skye. Had been missing [since] 6 July 1869.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1847. 666grt. Length: 43m. Beam: 9m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 20.0 W6 30.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 August 2005.
Loss (25 September 1869)
Quebec, 18th Sept. The derelict barque HARMONIA, of and for Aberdeen, from this port, was passed, 6th Sept., in lat 56 N lon 13 W, with loss of foremast, jibboom and three topmastheads, by the NOVA SCOTIAN (s), Watts, arrived here from Liverpool.
Source: LL, No. 17,305, London, Friday, October 1 1869.
Corry-by-Broadford, Isle of Skye, 29th Sept. In the night of the 25th Sept., a large timber-laden ship came ashore on the island of Vinay [Wiay], off Loch Bracadale, on the West coast of this island, and is a total wreck: the cargo, which is strewed about the coast, consists of oak logs, deals and staves, the logs marked C & JS & Co., the planks TJ, and the staves L & E. The vessel appears to have been abandoned at sea some time ago, her decks being covered with slime: one of the winches is marked 'HARMONIA, of Aberdeen, No. 2'.
Source: LL, No. 17,306, London, Saturday, October 2 1869.
Stornoway, 21st Oct. Two oak logs, marked CW and 10 WW, 1 elm log marked M & C11417, 1 fir log marked RMSP, and 40 other logs, marks not ascertained, supposed to belong to the HARMONIA, of Aberdeen, ashore at Loch Bracadale, were picked up at the Island of South Uist, 4th Oct. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11684).
(Classified as wooden barque, with cargo of timber: date of loss cited as 25 September 1859). Harmonia: derelict wrecked on the Isle of Wiay, near Struan, Skye. Had been missing [since] 6 July 1869.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1847. 666grt. Length: 43m. Beam: 9m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 20.0 W6 30.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (12 August 2005)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 August 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12001
Name : HARMONIA
Latitude : 572000
Longitude : 63000
Date Built : 1847
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : BARQUE (WOOD)
Tonnage : 666
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 43
Beam : 9
Loss Day : 25
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1869
Comment : Derelict wrecked on Isle of Wiay, near Struan, Skye. Had beem missing 6/7/1869
Cargo : TIMBER
