Indefatigable: Ardmore, Skye, Little Minch
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Indefatigable: Ardmore, Skye, Little Minch
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ardmore Point; 'north End Of Skye'; Indefatigable
Canmore ID 285466
Site Number NG25NW 8004
NGR NG 21 59
NGR Description NG c. 21 59
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG25NW 8004 c. 21 59
N57 32 W6 40
NLO: Ardmore Point [name: NG 218 598]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Corry, by Broadford, 1st Oct. The INDEFATIGABLE (barq.), of Whitby, from Liverpool to the Baltic, with salt, was driven on shore at Ardmore, N end of Skye, in the night of 28th Sept., and is likely to become a total wreck: crew saved.
Source: LL, No. 16,684, London, Thursday, October 3 1867.
Inverness, 1st Oct. The INDEFATIGABLE, Ranstedt, from Liverpool to the Baltic, which drove on the rocks at Ardmore, 28th Sept., has broken in two: cargo, provisions and stores, all lost.
Source: Additional Intelligence, LL, No. 16,687, London, Monday, October 7 1867.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11287).
(Classified as barque, with cargo of salt: date of loss cited as 28 September 1867). Indefatigable: this vessel was wrecked at Ardmore, N end of Skye. Capt. Ramstedt.
Registration: Whitby.
(Location of loss cited as N57 32.5 W6 39.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 December 2006.
Loss (28 September 1867)
Corry, by Broadford, 1st Oct. The INDEFATIGABLE (barq.), of Whitby, from Liverpool to the Baltic, with salt, was driven on shore at Ardmore, N end of Skye, in the night of 28th Sept., and is likely to become a total wreck: crew saved.
Source: LL, No. 16,684, London, Thursday, October 3 1867.
Inverness, 1st Oct. The INDEFATIGABLE, Ranstedt, from Liverpool to the Baltic, which drove on the rocks at Ardmore, 28th Sept., has broken in two: cargo, provisions and stores, all lost.
Source: Additional Intelligence, LL, No. 16,687, London, Monday, October 7 1867.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11287).
(Classified as barque, with cargo of salt: date of loss cited as 28 September 1867). Indefatigable: this vessel was wrecked at Ardmore, N end of Skye. Capt. Ramstedt.
Registration: Whitby.
(Location of loss cited as N57 32.5 W6 39.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (28 December 2006)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 December 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11806
Name : INDEFATIGABLE
Latitude : 573230
Longitude : 63900
Registration : WHITBY
Type : BARQUE
Loss Day : 28
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1867
Comment : Wrecked at Ardmore, north end of Skye. Capt. Ramstedt
Cargo : SALT
