Fisher Lass: Sea Of The Hebrides
Lugger (20th Century)
Site Name Fisher Lass: Sea Of The Hebrides
Classification Lugger (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) ??142; 'off Soay'; Soay Sound; Skye; Loch Scavaig; Fisher Lass (?? 142)
Canmore ID 292992
Site Number NG41SE 8001
NGR NG 47 10
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/292992
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG41SE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Soay [name: NG 44 12]
Soay Sound [name centred NG 44 16]
Loch Scavaig [name centred NG 49 15]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Possibly on map sheets NG41NW, or NG41SE.
(Classified as Lugsail [lugger]: no cargo specified, but registration cited as ??142, and date of loss as 15 October 1901). Fisher Lass: this vessel was lost off Soay [Skye].
Registration: Stein. 14 tons register. Length: 11m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 7.0 W6 10.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The extensive island of Soay lies to the SW of Skye, between Skye and Rhum (Rum), and across the W side of the ill-defined entrance to Loch Scavaig.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 February 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 16334
Name : FISHER LASS (?? 142)
Latitude : 570700
Longitude : 61000
Registration : STEIN
Type : LUGSAIL
Tonnage : 14
Tonnage Code : R
Length : 11
Loss Day : 15
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1901
Comment : Lost off Soay.
