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Arica: Loch Eynort, Skye, Sea Of The Hebrides
Brigantine (19th Century)
Site Name Arica: Loch Eynort, Skye, Sea Of The Hebrides
Classification Brigantine (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Little Minch; Lochenort; Arica
Canmore ID 286754
Site Number NG32SE 8006
NGR NG 35 23
NGR Description NG c. 35 23
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/286754
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG32SE 8006 c. 35 23
N57 13 W6 23
NLO: Loch Eynort [name centred NG 36 24]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Possibly on map sheet NG32SW.
Lochenort [Loch Eynort] (S.Uist), 18th May. The ARICA (brigantine), of Liverpool, Cubbin, from Newcastle to Limerick, with coals, put in here during thick weather on the 14th May, and, in taking the harbour, struck on a rock, filled, and sunk in a very bad position: crew saved.
Source: LL, No. 15,335, London, Thursday, June 4 1863.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10397).
(Classified as wooden barquentine, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 14 May 1863). Arica: this vessel sank in Lochenort [Loch Eynort], South Uist. Capt. Cubbin.
Registration: Liverpool. Built 1857. 95 tons register.
(Location of loss cited as N57 13.25 W7 17.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. No built harbour is apparent at Loch Eynort.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 February 2007.
Loss (14 May 1863)
Lochenort [Loch Eynort] (S. Uist), 18th May. The ARICA (brigantine), of Liverpool, Cubbin, from Newcastle to Limerick, with coals, put in here during thick weather on the 14th May, and, in taking the harbour, struck on a rock, filled, and sunk in a very bad position: crew saved.
Source: LL, No. 15,335, London, Thursday, June 4 1863.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10397).
(Classified as wooden barquentine, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 14 May 1863). Arica: this vessel sank in Lochenort [Loch Eynort], South Uist. Capt. Cubbin.
Registration: Liverpool. Built 1857. 95 tons register.
(Location of loss cited as N57 13.25 W7 17.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (27 February 2007)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. No built harbour is apparent at Loch Eynort.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 February 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11355
Name : ARICA
Latitude : 571315
Longitude : 71700
Date Built : 1857
Registration : LIVERPOOL
Type : BRIGANTINE (WOOD)
Tonnage : 95
Tonnage Code : R
Loss Day : 14
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1863
Comment : Sunk in Lochenort, South Uist. Capt. Cubbin
Cargo : COAL
