Harris Fishing Heritage Project 2007
|
VESSEL |
DATE |
COMMENTS |
|
Sarah |
1720 |
From Whitehaven. Cargo of tar. |
|
Nancy |
1787? |
Brigantine |
|
Rhine |
1812 |
From Skye to Liverpool |
|
Aid |
1819 |
From Riga to Londonderry. Cargo of flax. Struck rock out of harbour |
|
Pacific |
1823 |
From Limerick to Liverpool. Stranded at Scalpay |
|
Molly |
1826 |
Sank near lighthouse. |
|
Robert Garden |
1828 |
Schooner |
|
? |
1836 |
Capsized. |
|
Harmony |
1839 |
Schooner. From Wick to Ireland. |
|
Hope |
1839 |
Ran ashore on Scalpay |
|
Vino |
1839 |
Struck rocks off Scalpay |
|
Methven Castle |
1840 |
Schooner. From Stettin to Liverpool. Struck Sgeir Graidich. |
|
Paulina |
1840 |
Barque. From Danzig to Belfast. Struck rock off Scalpay. |
|
? |
1843 |
Brigantine. Struck (?)Sgeir Graidich off Scalpay |
|
? |
1847 |
Russian. Cargo of tallow & iron. Struck rocks off Scalpay |
|
Ketty |
1847 |
Sank east of Scalpay |
|
? |
1850 |
Cargo of timber. Found with stern and cabin burnt. |
|
Lawrence O’Connor
Doyle |
1850 |
Schooner. Struck rock 6 miles off Scalpay. |
|
Frederick Aae |
1861 |
Schooner. From Montreal. Cargo of flour. Wreckage on W Scalpay. |
|
Courier |
1862 |
Cargo of timber. Driven from anchor at Scalpay. |
|
Labuan |
1864 |
Steamship. From Liverpool to Cronstadt. Cargo of cotton and coal. Struck sunken rock Lag na Laire near Scalpay. |
|
Columba |
1866 |
From Liverpool to Stavanger. Cargo of salt. Dismasted in harbour. |
|
Harmony |
1866 |
Schooner. Stranded off Scalpay. |
|
Concordia |
1878 |
Barque. From Liverpool to Cronstadt. Cargo of salt. Sank near lighthouse. |
|
George & Jane |
1884 |
Sloop. Cargo of herrings. Sank off Sound of Scalpay. |
|
Abstainer |
1884 |
Brigantine. From Larg to Newcastle. Cargo of limestone. Struck sunken rock off Scalpay. |
|
Minerva |
1884 |
Steamship. From Runcorn to Lerwick. Cargo of salt. Struck Sgeir Graidich. |
|
St Clair |
1885 |
Wooden lugger. Fishing. |
|
Valkyrien |
1888 |
Wooden barque. From Greenock to Christiania. Cargo of coal. Sank between Shiant Isles and Scalpay. |
|
Johanna |
1907 |
Steamship. Cargo of coal. Sank NE of Scalpay. |
|
Heather Bell |
1910 |
Smack. Cargo of salt and barrels. Stranded near new pier in Scalpay. |
|
Milton |
1922 |
Steam drifter. Cargo of cured herrings. Sank E of east Tarbert pier. |
|
Parkmore |
1929 |
Steam trawler (Oban) |
|
Tolsa |
1935 |
Steamship. Struck Sgeir Graidich off Scalpay |
|
Headway |
1941 |
Wooden steam drifter. |
|
Thomas Altoft |
1947 |
Steam trawler (Fleetwood). Struck Sgeir Graidich off Scalpay. |
|
Cretetree |
1953? |
Concrete collier built 1919. |
|
Etna |
1954 |
Steamship. Struck Sgeir Inoe off Scalpay. |
|
Boston Heron |
1962 |
Steam trawler. Struck Sgeir Stilamair off Scalpay |
|
Oliver Guite |
1972 |
Steam trawler. |
|
Golf Star |
1995 |
Motor vessel. Stranded off Scalpay. |
List of wrecks off Scalpay. For further detail see sources:
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Whittaker, I.G. 1998. Off Scotland: A Comprehensive Record of Maritime and Aviation Losses in Scottish Waters. Edinburgh: C-ANNE Publishing