Shipwrecks & Disasters at Sea 1790-1872
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Until the building of the Skerryvore lighthouse, wrecks were frequent and sometimes the names of the ships and crew were never known (Donneil Kennedy, 1994).
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Ship name
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1790
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Rebecca
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700 tons, ship lost, crew saved.
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1804
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Brigand
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600 tons, of Nova Scotia, lost off Hough, crew saved.
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1804
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Unknown brig
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Lost off Hough, crew saved.
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1806
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Ellen
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900 tons, of Bath, lost off Balephuil, one man drowned.
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1809
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Mary
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Brig, lost off Balephuil, crew saved.
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1810
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Unknown brig
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of New York, lost off Hynish Point, crew all drowned.
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1813
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Penelope
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Sloop, 60 tons, of Wick, lost off Gott Bay, crew saved.
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1813
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Eugene
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Sloop, lost off Balephuil, one man drowned.
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1814
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Betsy
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Brig, of Leith, lost off Hough, crew saved.
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1817
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Unknown brig
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400 tons, off Kennevara, crew drowned, cargo washed up.
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1818
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Ben Lomond
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Sloop, of Greenock, lost off Balephuil, crew all drowned.
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1819
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Bee
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Sloop, 60 tons, lost off Hough, crew saved.
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1820
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Unknown sloop
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60 tons, lost in Reef Bay. crew saved.
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1820
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Masters
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of Glasgow, 700 tons, founded at Skerryvore, crew saved.
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1821
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Catherine
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Sloop, captain lost, crew saved.
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1821
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Unknown sloop
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60 tons, lost off Hough, captain and 3 men drowned.
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1825
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Dan
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Sloop, 50 tons, of Campbeltown, captain lost, crew saved.
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1828
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Delight
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Sloop, 70 tons, lost.
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1828
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Unknown schooner
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of Ireland, 100 tons, lost off Hough, crew saved.
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1828
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Jane
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of Sligo, lost off Balephuil.
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1829
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Van Scapen
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of Stockholm, 700 tons, lost off Hough, 14 people drowned.
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1834
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Confidence
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of Dundee, lost off Hough, crew saved.
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1834
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Unknown schooner
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70 tons, lost, 3 men drowned.
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1834
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Peggy
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500 tons, lost off Beist, crew saved.
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1835
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Unknown
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Wrecked on Skerryvore, no survivors.
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1841
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Majestic
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400 tons, of North Shields, foundered off Boinshly Rock.
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1842
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Fleurs
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300 tons, of Liverpool, lost off Kennevara, crew saved.
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1842
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Unknown
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North American built ship, flotsam washed ashore at Hynish.
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1842
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Unknown smack
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from Barra, 4 bodies washed ashore - 3 adults, 1 child.
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1842
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Unknown
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Wreckage in Sound of Coll, candles litter Tiree beaches.
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1842
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Multiple vessels
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Severe winter gales, wreckage of a number of vessels and bodies washed ashore.
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1843
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Formosa
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Barque, 326 tons, of Prussia, lost off Hough, 2 drowned.
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1844
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Unknown sloop
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70 tons, washed ashore near Hynish.
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1847
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Rose
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Fishing boat, of St Monance, Fife, crew saved.
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1847
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Revolution
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Fishing boat, of St Monance, Fife, crew saved.
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1847
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Unknown brig
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of Ireland, manned by Danes, crew escaped.
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1854
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Derelict vessel
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About 500 tons, timber laden, driven ashore on west side of Tiree.
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1856
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Balephuil disaster
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Six Tiree fishing boats scattered at sea by a sudden severe gale, 9 men drowned.
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1862
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Small boat
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Upset in a squall en route from Tiree to Coll, 2 drowned, 1 saved.
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1862
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Ruby
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Derelict ship, apparent Newfoundland sealer, came ashore at Tiree.
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1866
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Ardmore
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795 tons, of Greenock, abandoned off Ireland, wreck drifted ashore at Tiree.
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1872
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Regina
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of Liverpool, 500 tons coal, abandoned after storm damage, came ashore at Hynish.
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