Racoon: Thairteamul, Sea Of The Hebrides
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Racoon: Thairteamul, Sea Of The Hebrides
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Raccoon; Harstmul Island; Lochboisdale; Loch Boisdale; South Uist; 'near Barra'; Sound Of Eriskay; Loch Baghasdail; Minch; Racoon
Canmore ID 262756
Site Number NF81SW 8009
NGR NF 833 113
NGR Description NF c. 833 113
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
NF81SW 8009 c. 833 133
N57 5 W7 13.7
NLO: Thairteamul [name: NF 833 113]
Caolas Eirosgaigh [name centred NF 799 133]
Lochboisdale [name: NF 794 195]
Loch Baghasdail [name centred NF 802 185]
Barra (Barraigh) [name centred 67 02]
South Uist [name centred NF 79 33].
Formerly entered as NF82NW 8001 (unlocated).
Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, 10th Oct., 7.30 p.m., the RACOON, of Aberdeen, Jones, has been wrecked off Loch Boisdale: crew landed here: condition of ship not yet ascertained.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,558, London, Monday October 13 1873.
Lochboisdale, 16th Oct., the RACOON, Jones, from Bangor to Aberdeen, with slates, which struck on a rock at Harstmul [Thairteamul] island, 9th Oct., will probably be a total wreck: her keel is broken, bottom much damaged and deck hogged: some of the materials and a greater part of the cargo has been landed. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3993).
(Classified as wooden schooner, with cargo of slates: date of loss cited as 9 October 1873). Racoon: this vessel [was] wrecked on [a] rock off Harstmul [Thairteamul] Island, near Barra. Capt. Jones.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1858. 107grt. Length: 27m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 5.17 W7 13.58).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Harstmul Island cannot be located with certainty from the available map evidence, but may be equated with Thairteamul [name: NF 833 113], off the Eastern end of the Sound of Eriskay [Caolas Eirosgaigh].
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 August 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 7722
Name : RACOON
Latitude : 570510
Longitude : 71335
Date Built : 1858
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : SCHOONER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 107
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 27
Beam : 6
Loss Day : 9
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1873
Comment : Wrecked on rock off Harstmul Island, near Barra. Capt. Jones.
Cargo : SLATES