Glenelg: Eigg, Sea Of The Hebrides
Steam Yacht (19th Century)
Site Name Glenelg: Eigg, Sea Of The Hebrides
Classification Steam Yacht (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Eigg Island; Glenelg
Canmore ID 213224
Site Number NM48NE 8007
NGR NM 47 87
NGR Description NM c. 47 87
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM48NE 8007 c. 47 87
N56 54 W6 9
NLO: Eigg [name centred NM 47 87].
Possibly on map sheet NM48NW, NM48SW, or NM49SE.
7 August 1894, GLENELG, 22 years, of Glasgow, composite steam yacht. 8 ton, 3 men. Master J. Erskine. Owner W. Blackwood, Port Glasgow. Cruising amongst Western Islands of Scotland. Ballast + 6 passengers. Wind SSWT. Eig [Eigg] Island, Inverness-shire.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1894-95 (1896 [C.8247] LXXV.489).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1043).
(Classified as composite steam yacht, in ballast: date of loss cited as 7 August 1894). Glenelg: this vessel stranded on Eigg. Capt. Erskine.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1872. 8 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N56 55.0 W6 10.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. It remains unclear whereabouts the vessel stranded on this extensive island.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 March 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2990
Name : GLENELG
Latitude : 565500
Longitude : 61000
Date Built : 1872
Registration : GLASGOW
Type : STEAM YACHT (COMP)
Tonnage : 8
Loss Day : 7
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1894
Comment : Stranded on Eigg. Capt. Erskine
Cargo : BALLAST