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Stella: Machir Bay, Kilchoman, Islay
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Stella: Machir Bay, Kilchoman, Islay
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Traigh Mhachir; Bay Of Kilchoman; Kilhomas Bay; Stella
Canmore ID 274306
Site Number NR26SW 8007
NGR NR 20 63
NGR Description NR c. 20 63
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/274306
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR26SW 8007 c. 20 63
N55 47 W6 28
NLO: Machir Bay [name centred NR 197 626]
Traigh Mhachir [name centred NR 203 630]
Kilchoman [name: NR 217 633].
Possibly on map sheet NR16SE.
Island of Islay, 18th Nov. 'The STELLA, Cafiero, from Sicily to Greenock, was driven on shore this morning in the Bay of Kilchoman. Crew and part of the cargo saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7111, London, Friday November 27 1835.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7120).
(Classified as brig, with cargo of wine (?): date of loss cited as 18 November 1835). Stella: this vessel was wrecked in Kilhomas [Kilchoman] Bay, Islay.
Registration: Palermo.
(Location of loss cited as N55 47.0 W6 28.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Kilhomas or Kilchoman Bay is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the name presumably applies to the prominent and extensive Machir Bay which is set into the W coast of Islay, within the parish of Kilchoman. The settlement of Kilchoman lies nearby but inland, at NR 215 632.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 August 2005.
Loss (18 November 1835)
Island of Islay, 18th Nov. 'The STELLA, Cafiero, from Sicily to Greenock, was driven on shore this morning in the Bay of Kilchoman. Crew and part of the cargo saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7111, London, Friday November 27 1835.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7120).
(Classified as brig, with cargo of wine (?): date of loss cited as 18 November 1835). Stella: this vessel was wrecked in Kilhomas [Kilchoman] Bay, Islay.
Registration: Palermo.
(Location of loss cited as N55 47.0 W6 28.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (22 August 2005)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Kilhomas or Kilchoman Bay is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the name presumably applies to the prominent and extensive Machir Bay which is set into the W coast of Islay, within the parish of Kilchoman. The settlement of Kilchoman lies nearby but inland, at NR 215 632.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 August 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9760
Name : STELLA
Latitude : 554700
Longitude : 62800
Registration : PALERMO
Type : BRIG
Loss Day : 18
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1835
Comment : Wrecked in Kilhomas Bay, Islay
Cargo : WINE ?
