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Soithichean a chaidh às an rathad mu chladaichean Dhiùra.

Date 15 July 1971
Track ID 53129
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1971.121.B1-B5

Original Tape ID

SA1971.121

Summary

Vessels wrecked on the Jura coast.

An account of vessels which were wrecked on the Jura coast:

'British Queen', c.1854: she was smashed at a place still called 'Banca a' Bhritish Queen'. The laird of Ardlussa bought most of the cargo of wood and used it to build houses there.

'Culzean': went aground on rocks at Lagg. Everyone was drowned. This happened about a 100 years ago [said in 1971].

Another vessel with a cargo of flour was wrecked c.1845.

A Latvian boat was driven onto the rocks at Belnahua in 1934-35. An Islay lifeboat rescued nine people from the rock.

Item Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Jura

Island - Jura

Recording Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Jura

Island - Jura

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good