Jane Sinclair: Goat Island, Stornoway Harbour, Lewis, North Minch
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Jane Sinclair: Goat Island, Stornoway Harbour, Lewis, North Minch
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sy 584; Stornoway Harbour Entrance; Stornoway Outer Harbour; Cala Steornabhaig; Isle Of Lewis; Eilean Na Gobhail; Eilean Na Gobhaih
Canmore ID 217515
Site Number NB43SW 8039
NGR NB 432 321
NGR Description NB c. 432 321
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
NB43SW 8039 c. 432 321
N58 12.2 W6 22.3
NLO: Stornoway [name: NB 425 330]
Cala Steornabhaigh [name centred NB 431 315]
Eilean na Gobhail [name: NB 432 321].
Location formerly cited as NB c. 425 324 [N58 12.3 W6 23].
4 November 1892. JANE SINCLAIR. 12 years. Not reg. Wood fishing lugger. 18 ton. None on board. Master D. MacRae. Owner J. Mackenzie, Stornoway. Moored at Goat Island, Stornoway. Ballast. Wind SW7. Goat Island, Stornoway.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1892-93 (1894 [C.7324] LXXVI.505).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1290).
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: registration number cited as SY 584 and date of loss as 4 November 1892). Jane Sinclair: this vessel was driven from moorings and stranded on Goat Island, Stornoway. Capt. Macrae.
Registration: Stornoway. Built 1880. 18 tons register. Length: 13m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 12.15 W6 22.93).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Goat Island is not noted as such on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 June 2004.
(Location amended to NB c. 432 321). Per contra the above, Goat Island is probably to be equated with Eilean na Gobhail or Eilean na Gobhaih which is noted within Stornoway Harbour.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 September 2008.
Loss (4 November 1892)
4 November 1892. JANE SINCLAIR. 12 years. Not reg. Wood fishing lugger. 18 ton. None on board. Master D. MacRae. Owner J. Mackenzie, Stornoway. Moored at Goat Island, Stornoway. Ballast. Wind SW7. Goat Island, Stornoway.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1892-93 (1894 [C.7324] LXXVI.505).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1290).
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: registration number cited as SY 584 and date of loss as 4 November 1892). Jane Sinclair: this vessel was driven from moorings and stranded on Goat Island, Stornoway. Capt. Macrae.
Registration: Stornoway. Built 1880. 18 tons register. Length: 13m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 12.15 W6 22.93).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (30 June 2004)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Goat Island is not noted as such on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 June 2004.
Note (8 September 2008)
(Location amended to NB c. 432 321). Per contra the above, Goat Island is probably to be equated with Eilean na Gobhail or Eilean na Gobhaih which is noted within Stornoway Harbour.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 September 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4380
Name : JANE SINCLAIR (SY 584)
Latitude : 581209
Longitude : 62256
Date Built : 1880
Registration : STORNOWAY
Type : LUGGER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 18
Tonnage Code : R
Length : 13
Loss Day : 4
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1892
Comment : Driven from mooring and stranded on Goat Island, Stornoway. Capt. Macrae
Cargo : BALLAST