Stjernen: Battery Point, Cala Steornabhaig, Stornoway, Lewis, North Minch
Brigantine (19th Century)
Site Name Stjernen: Battery Point, Cala Steornabhaig, Stornoway, Lewis, North Minch
Classification Brigantine (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Stornoway Harbour; Isle Of Lewis; Stjernen
Canmore ID 217576
Site Number NB43SW 8049
NGR NB 431 321
NGR Description NB c. 431 321
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 8049 c. 431 321
N58 12.2 W6 22.4
NLO: Stornoway [name: NB 425 330]
Cala Steornabhaigh [name centred NB 431 315]
Battery Point [name: NB 431 321].
Location formerly entered as NB c. 432 322 [N58 12.2 W6 22.3].
18 March 1892. STJERNEN. 39 years, of Norway. Wood brigantine. 188 ton. 7 men. Master C. Mathisen. Owner H.A. Lohre, Drammen, Norway. Drammen to Belfast. Timber. Wind S6. Battery Point, Stornoway.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1891-92 (1893-94 [C.7069] LXXX.711).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1393).
(Classified as wooden brigantine, with cargo of timber: date of loss cited as 18 March 1892). Stjernen: this vessel stranded at Battery Point, Stornoway. Capt. Mathieson.
Registration: Drammen. Built 1854. 188nrt. Length: 31m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 11.0 W6 22.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Battery Point is not noted on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the name has evidently been applied to the point at NB 432 322.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 June 2002.
The current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map notes Battery Point [NAT] at NB 431 321. This ill-defined point is situated on the N shore of Cala Steornabhaigh and is fronted by extensive reefs. Cala Steornabhaigh forms the extensive outer harbour at Stornoway.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 October 2008.
Loss (18 March 1892)
18 March 1892. STJERNEN. 39 years, of Norway. Wood brigantine. 188 ton. 7 men. Master C. Mathisen. Owner H.A. Lohre, Drammen, Norway. Drammen to Belfast. Timber. Wind S6. Battery Point, Stornoway.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1891-92 (1893-94 [C.7069] LXXX.711).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1393).
(Classified as wooden brigantine, with cargo of timber: date of loss cited as 18 March 1892). Stjernen: this vessel stranded at Battery Point, Stornoway. Capt. Mathieson.
Registration: Drammen. Built 1854. 188nrt. Length: 31m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 11.0 W6 22.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (26 January 2002)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Battery Point is not noted on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the name has evidently been applied to the point at NB 432 322.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 June 2002.
Note (1 October 2008)
The current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map notes Battery Point [NAT] at NB 431 321. This ill-defined point is situated on the N shore of Cala Steornabhaigh and is fronted by extensive reefs. Cala Steornabhaigh forms the extensive outer harbour at Stornoway.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 October 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4358
Name : STJERNEN
Latitude : 581100
Longitude : 62200
Date Built : 1854
Registration : DRAMMEN
Type : BRIGANTINE (WOOD)
Tonnage : 188
Tonnage Code : N
Length : 31
Beam : 8
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 18
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1892
Comment : Stranded Battery Pt, Stornoway. Capt. Mathieson
Cargo : TIMBER