J A Good: Ness Bay, Lewis, North Minch
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name J A Good: Ness Bay, Lewis, North Minch
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) J. A. Good; Port Ness; Port Nis; J A Good
Canmore ID 251208
Site Number NB56SW 8006
NGR NB 538 636
NGR Description NB c. 538 636
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
NB56SW 8006 c. 538 636
N58 29.5 W6 13.6
NLO: Port Nis [name: NB 540 638].
Formerly also entered as NB56SW 8006, and at cited location NB c. 53 63 [N58 29 W6 14].
26 March 1896. J.A. GOOD, 8 years, not reg. wood lugger. 7 ton. 6 men. Master and owner J. McLennan, Fivepenny Ness, Lewis. Ness to fishing. Ballast. Collided un-reg. fishing boat PROSPERITY. Wind WNW9. Ness Bay, island of Lewis.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1895-96 (1897 [C.8453] LXXVIII.693).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1018).
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: date of loss cited as 26 March 1896). J A Good: this vessel was in collision and sank in Ness Bay (Prosperity). Capt. McLennan.
Not registered. Built 1888. 7 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N58 29.33 W6 13.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Ness Bay is not noted as such on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the name presumably applies to the sandy bay to the S of of Port Nis.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 October 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6019
Name : J A GOOD
Latitude : 582920
Longitude : 61330
Date Built : 1888
Registration : Not Registered
Type : LUGGER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 7
Loss Day : 26
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1896
Comment : Collision and sunk in Ness Bay (PROSPERITY). Capt. McLennan
Cargo : BALLAST