Rapture: Loch Eriboll, Pentland Firth
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Rapture: Loch Eriboll, Pentland Firth
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bf 1263; 'at The Head Of Loch Eriboll'; Atlantic; Rapture (Bf 1263)
Canmore ID 304486
Site Number NC46NE 8011
NGR NC 46 65
NGR Description NC c, 46 65
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC46NE 8011 c. 46 65
N58 33 W4 38
NLO: Loch Eriboll [name centred NC 44 60]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
12 March 1890. RAPTURE. 6 years. Not reg. Wood lugger. 25 ton. 9 men. Master and owner G. Smith, Portessie, Banffshire. Buckie to fishing. Ballast. 7 dead. Wind WSW9. At the head of Loch Eriboll, Sutherlandshire.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1889-90 (1890-91 [C.6468] LXXVI.485).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1494).
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: registration number cited as BF 1263 and date of loss as 12 March 1890). Rapture: this vessel foundered [at the] Head of Loch Eriboll.Capt. Smith.
Registration: Portessie. Built 1884. 25 tons register. Length: 15m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 33.0 W4 38.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 November 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4193
Name : RAPTURE (BF 1263)
Latitude : 583300
Longitude : 43800
Date Built : 1884
Registration : PORTESSIE
Type : LUGGER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 25
Tonnage Code : R
Length : 15
Loss Day : 12
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1890
Comment : Foundered Head of Loch Eriboll. Capt. Smith
Cargo : BALLAST
