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City Of Limerick: Isleornsay, Sleat, Skye, Sound Of Sleat
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name City Of Limerick: Isleornsay, Sleat, Skye, Sound Of Sleat
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Isle Ornsay; Ornsay Harbour; Atlantic; Sea Of The Hebrides; City Of Limerick
Canmore ID 282245
Site Number NG71SW 8010
NGR NG 701 124
NGR Description NG c. 701 124
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/282245
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG71SW 8010 c. 701 124
N57 8.7 W5 48
NLO: Isleornsay [name: NG 701 124]
Ornsay [name centred NG 710 127]
Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Isle Ornsay, (Skye, N.B.), 5th Dec. The CITY OF LIMERICK, Maxwell, of Londonderry, from Liverpool to Newcastle, (with salt) came on shore on the Mainland, opposite this place, 3rd inst., afterwards took fire and sunk: crew, masts, rigging, and some sails saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 10,836, London, Saturday December 9 1848.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8403).
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of salt: date of loss cited as as 3 December 1848). City of Limerick: this vessel stranded opposite Isle Ornsay, [caught] fire and sank. Capt. Maxwell.
Registration: Londonderry. Built 1839. 90 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N57 10.0 W5 42.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Isleornsay is on the mainland (of Skye), within Sleat parish, and opposite (to the W of) the island of Ornsay. 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.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 July 2006.
Loss (3 December 1848)
Isle Ornsay, (Skye, N.B.), 5th Dec. The CITY OF LIMERICK, Maxwell, of Londonderry, from Liverpool to Newcastle, (with salt) came on shore on the Mainland, opposite this place, 3rd inst., afterwards took fire and sunk: crew, masts, rigging, and some sails saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 10,836, London, Saturday December 9 1848.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8403).
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of salt: date of loss cited as as 3 December 1848). City of Limerick: this vessel stranded opposite Isle Ornsay, [caught] fire and sank. Capt. Maxwell.
Registration: Londonderry. Built 1839. 90 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N57 10.0 W5 42.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (25 July 2006)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Isleornsay is on the mainland (of Skye), within Sleat parish, and opposite (to the W of) the island of Ornsay. 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.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 July 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14729
Name : CITY OF LIMERICK
Latitude : 571000
Longitude : 54200
Date Built : 1839
Registration : LONDONDERRY
Type : SCHOONER
Tonnage : 90
Tonnage Code : B
Loss Day : 3
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1848
Comment : Stranded opposite Isle Ornsay, fire and sank. Capt. Maxwell
Cargo : SALT
