Walter Frederick: Lagavulin Bay, Islay, Atlantic
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Walter Frederick: Lagavulin Bay, Islay, Atlantic
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Islay Island; Lagadolm
Canmore ID 284586
Site Number NR44NW 8013
NGR NR 403 456
NGR Description NR c. 403 456
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR44NW 8013 c. 403 456
N55 38.1 W6 7.6
NLO: Lagavulin Bay [name centred NR 407 451]
Islay [name centred NR 38 60].
Bowmore, 23rd Jan. The WALTER FREDERICK, drove on the rocks at Lagadolm [Lagavulin Bay] 21st Jan., and is expected to become a wreck.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 14,295, London, Friday January 27 1860.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9803).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), possibly suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 November 2006.
