Eliza: Laggan Bay, Islay, Atlantic
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Eliza: Laggan Bay, Islay, Atlantic
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Isle Of Islay; Loch Indaal; Eliza
Canmore ID 283194
Site Number NR34NW 8018
NGR NR 31 49
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/283194
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR34NW 8018 unlocated
NLO: Laggan Bay [name centred NR 29 52]
Islay [name centred NR 38 60]
Loch Indaal [name centred NR 26 57].
Possibly on map sheet NR34NE.
Bowmore, Islay, 5th Apl. The ELIZA (barque), from St. John, N.B., to the Clyde, with timber, has come ashore in Laggan Bay, and is likely to become a total wreck: a good deal of the deck-load has been saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 12,801, London, Monday April 9 1855.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9118).
(Classified as barque, with cargo of timber: date of loss cited as 5 April 1855). Eliza: this vessel stranded in Laggan Bay, and [was] expected [to become a] wreck.
(Location of loss cited as N55 40.00 W6 16.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The extensive embayment of Laggan Bay is situated immediately S of (outside) the E side of the entrance to Loch Indaal. It offers no shelter, being open to the SW.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 October 2006.
Loss (5 April 1855)
Bowmore, Islay, 5th Apl. The ELIZA (barque), from St. John, N.B., to the Clyde, with timber, has come ashore in Laggan Bay, and is likely to become a total wreck: a good deal of the deck-load has been saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 12,801, London, Monday April 9 1855.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9118).
(Classified as barque, with cargo of timber: date of loss cited as 5 April 1855). Eliza: this vessel stranded in Laggan Bay, and [was] expected [to become a] wreck.
(Location of loss cited as N55 40.00 W6 16.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (3 October 2006)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The extensive embayment of Laggan Bay is situated immediately S of (outside) the E side of the entrance to Loch Indaal. It offers no shelter, being open to the SW.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 October 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 13679
Name : ELIZA
Latitude : 554000
Longitude : 61600
Type : BARQUE
Loss Day : 5
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1855
Comment : Stranded in Laggan Bay and expected wreck.
Cargo : TIMBER
