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MHG47977 - Henderson: Loch Eynort, Skye, Sea Of The Hebrides

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NMRS Report: (17/02/2005)
NG32SE 8003 c. 35 23
N57 13 W6 23

NLO: Loch Eynort [name centred NG 36 24].

Possibly on map sheet NG32SW.

The HENDERSON, Baird, from Liverpool to Riga, was driven on shore 28th ult., in the harbour of Loch Eynoch [Eynort] south-west. Her cargo consisting of salt, is entirely washed out. The vessel is expected to be got off.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 4772, London, Friday May 21 1813.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5774).

(No classification specified: cargo cited as salt, and date of loss as 28 April 1813). Henderson: this vessel was ashore at Loch Eynoch, expected all gone. Capt. Baird. (Loch Eynort?)
(Location of loss cited as N57 13.25 W7 17.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.

It remains uncertain whether or not this vessel was successfully refloated.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 February 2005.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 35 22 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG32SE

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