Maritime record 13691 - DAVAR: CASTLEBAY HARBOUR, BARRA, SEA OF THE HEBRIDES

NL69NE 8011 c. 665 982
N56 57.3 W7 29.2

NLO: Bagh a' Chaisteil [name centred NL 660 975].

22 November 1881, DAVAR, 25 yrs old, not registered, wooden smack, 26 tons, 2 crew, Master D. McRae, Owner Stewart, Coll, Argyllshire, anchored in Castle Bay Harbour, Barra, Hebrides, in ballast, wind SW10, stranded, total loss, Castle Bay Harbour, Barra, Hebrides.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3228).

(Classified as wooden smack, in ballast; date of loss cited as 22 November 1881). This vessel stranded at Castle Bay [Bagh a' Chaisteil]. Capt. McRae.
I G Whittaker 1998.

REPORT DATE: 29/06/2004