Fair Maid: Brenish, Lewis, Atlantic
Lugger (20th Century)
Site Name Fair Maid: Brenish, Lewis, Atlantic
Classification Lugger (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sy 70; Aird Bhreinis; Fair Maid (Sy 70)
Canmore ID 296538
Site Number NA92NE 8001
NGR NA 97 26
NGR Description NA c. 97 26
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Western Isles
- Parish Maritime - Western Isles
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NA92NE 8001 c. 97 26
N58 7 W7 9
NLO: Aird Bhreinis [name: NA 979 268].
(Classified as Lugsail [lugger]: no cargo specified, but registration cited as SY 70, and date of loss as 12 March 1932). Fair Maid: this vessel was wrecked at Brenish, [on the] SW side of Lewis.
Registration: Brenish. Built 1923. 2grt. Length: 6m. Beam: 2m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 7.0 W7 8.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Brenish is not noted as such on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but is presumably to be equated with a settlement or location near Aird Bhreinis.
The vessel presumably stranded.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 October 2008.
Loss (12 March 1932)
(Classified as Lugsail [lugger]: no cargo specified, but registration cited as SY 70, and date of loss as 12 March 1932). Fair Maid: this vessel was wrecked at Brenish, [on the] SW side of Lewis.
Registration: Brenish. Built 1923. 2grt. Length: 6m. Beam: 2m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 7.0 W7 8.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (6 October 2008)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Brenish is not noted as such on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but is presumably to be equated with a settlement or location near Aird Bhreinis.
The vessel presumably stranded.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 October 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14829
Name : FAIR MAID (SY 70)
Latitude : 580700
Longitude : 70800
Date Built : 1923
Registration : BRENISH
Type : LUGSAIL
Tonnage : 2
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 6
Beam : 2
Loss Day : 12
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1932
Comment : Wrecked at Brenish, SW side of Lewis. Capt. MacKinnon
